Not since Linda Evangelista, Nadège du Bospertous and Stella Tennant in the 1990s, had I come across another short-haired brunette making it to the top in the modelling industry. I’m talking about Dutch beauty Saskia de Brauw.I first spotted Sask… more »

What made you become a fashion designer?I always loved art and see fashion as an art form, it is so unpredictable, exciting and very rewarding.When did you set up z-mode and why?After studying fashion at the London School of Fashion South Africa,… more »

With the couture collections kicking-off in Paris this week (shame that my up Caradiaz duties forced me to leave the city last Sunday!), it was more than appropriate to invite one of my favourite couture designers in the UK (and also Twitter pal!), Jane… more »

I was very much looking forward to the return to our screens of my favourite person in retail: Mary Portas, aka Queen of Shops, now aka Secret Shopper. And she certainly didn’t disappoint in last night’s opening show. The woman is always so spot on,… more »

It was the summer of 1985. I was at Valencia’s first ever Mango shop with a friend doing a bit of browsing when Duran Duran’s video of ‘A view to a kill’ was shown in the shop’s tv screen. That was the first time I came across model Gail Elliott.Toge… more »