I'm really not one for setting resolutions, often decided upon with a lot of guilt and then broken with even more. Resolutions do nothing to lift my spirits in the coldest months of the year. I do like to theme my year however! Give myself a keyword and keep it in mind as I work my way through the months of the year. The theme for 2026 is EXPANSION and with that in mind, I decided to give myself a curriculum to follow and I thought I'd share my thoughts on how I went about it

I stumbled upon a wonderful photograph from a Life magazine article that sparked the idea for my October content on YouTube ~ A woman in a black dress standing in front of a wall, mounted with all the additions she could use to turn the the dress into a fresh new concept.

For many years, Schiaparelli has been one of my favourite all time designers so when I heard there was to be a retrospective of her...