Womenswear Sample Sale at The Box featuring Peter Jensen, Être Cécile, Le Kilt and Belize

The Box at Hackney Walk is becoming one of my favourite destinations, thanks to the very excellent sample sales it hosts. Last night I attended the press preview of the current Womenswear Sample Sale, which features Peter Jensen, Être Cécile, Le Kilt and Belize. Very good bargains at this sale, and an abundance of stock to choose from. […]
Menswear Sample Sale at The Box – Grab Your Wallet and Run!

There’s a menswear sample sale at The Box this weekend which looks like being a good use of anyone’s money and time. Featuring Casely-Hayford, CMMN SWDN, Lou Dalton & QASIMI, and promising discounts up to 80%, it’s not one to miss. Although tragically, I might have to miss this one. I thought I’d be bringing you […]
Stitch Academy Hackney Fashion Masterclasses

Look what’s happening in my neighbourhood! Well, just down the road from me, to be exact, in Hackney Walk, E9. Hackney Walk is the name given to ‘London’s Luxury Outlet District’. There was some local scepticism when it was announced that Hackney was to be blessed with a luxury outlet district – concerns regarding gentrification strike fear into […]
In Other News … & Other Stories

& Other Stories opened on Regent Street this week, just down from Oxford Circus tube station. & Other Stories is the latest store brought to us by H&M Group. I have loved H&M since the early ’90s, when they religiously carried Pippi Longstocking childrenswear, despite no-one in the UK knowing who Pippi was. I’m quite […]