Being away the last couple of days has also given me the chance to catch up on some reading whilst I've had time to relax uninterrupted with work, food and people.
"Reading?!" I can almost hear some of you saying; well yeah. I think reading plays a decent sized role in the fashion industry. After all, it takes a lot to be able to thoroughly analyse designers, the pieces and the inspiration. It also takes brains to be able to put those analyses into words on paper that other people can grasp what you're meaning.
The long and short of it though, is that I wanted to give you guys a list of my summer reading; books and magazines; because in my opinion, there's no better way to kill time whilst sunbathing etc, than with a cappucino; water or your drink of choice and a bloody good book or magazine.
Louise Bagshawe is a fabulous author in my opinion. I only discovered her books a month or so ago and since then I've been hooked. I started with "The Movie" and have since read; "Glamour", "A Kept Woman" and I am about a quarter of the way through "Glitz". The books are incredibly easy to get into after the first few pages and some of the details of the outfits worn are to die for. All the stories are based around one or more women are wealthy due to others; be it partners or family; who then lose their cash for varying reason and are forced to make their own way. Although every story has the same basic line (rich & stuck up; fall on hard times; meet the right bloke; get rich in their own right), the stories never fail to captivate me.
Vogue goes without saying as being a fashion bible for a fashion obsessive. I have the joy of a subscription so I don't even have to go through the effort of going and buying it; it comes straight to me, and boy do I love it. Not a lot else to say there.
Nylon may not be well known on this side of the pond, but any Americans or Canadians reading this blog would hopefully be familiar with the title. It's a fantastic magazine that is what I would perhaps call slightly alternative, but not to extremities. Nine times out of ten it definitely has something for every fashion addict and I've just found a UK stockist; (I'm a bit slow I know): Borders who just happen to be right near where I work so I can re-begin my addiction to their easy-to-read, light articles. In case you're wandering, I discovered this magazine when I was travelling home from Vancouver and have obsessed over it ever since.
So that's my mini list of summer reading, despite the fact that summer is nearly over. Such is life and soon I can begin hunting for my winter reading list of books and magazines that are great to curl up in front of the fire place with. No doubt though, Vogue and Nylon will be on there still, but we'll see what else apears between now and whenever I get round to my winter reading list. :)
"Reading?!" I can almost hear some of you saying; well yeah. I think reading plays a decent sized role in the fashion industry. After all, it takes a lot to be able to thoroughly analyse designers, the pieces and the inspiration. It also takes brains to be able to put those analyses into words on paper that other people can grasp what you're meaning.
The long and short of it though, is that I wanted to give you guys a list of my summer reading; books and magazines; because in my opinion, there's no better way to kill time whilst sunbathing etc, than with a cappucino; water or your drink of choice and a bloody good book or magazine.
Louise Bagshawe is a fabulous author in my opinion. I only discovered her books a month or so ago and since then I've been hooked. I started with "The Movie" and have since read; "Glamour", "A Kept Woman" and I am about a quarter of the way through "Glitz". The books are incredibly easy to get into after the first few pages and some of the details of the outfits worn are to die for. All the stories are based around one or more women are wealthy due to others; be it partners or family; who then lose their cash for varying reason and are forced to make their own way. Although every story has the same basic line (rich & stuck up; fall on hard times; meet the right bloke; get rich in their own right), the stories never fail to captivate me.
Vogue goes without saying as being a fashion bible for a fashion obsessive. I have the joy of a subscription so I don't even have to go through the effort of going and buying it; it comes straight to me, and boy do I love it. Not a lot else to say there.
Nylon may not be well known on this side of the pond, but any Americans or Canadians reading this blog would hopefully be familiar with the title. It's a fantastic magazine that is what I would perhaps call slightly alternative, but not to extremities. Nine times out of ten it definitely has something for every fashion addict and I've just found a UK stockist; (I'm a bit slow I know): Borders who just happen to be right near where I work so I can re-begin my addiction to their easy-to-read, light articles. In case you're wandering, I discovered this magazine when I was travelling home from Vancouver and have obsessed over it ever since.
So that's my mini list of summer reading, despite the fact that summer is nearly over. Such is life and soon I can begin hunting for my winter reading list of books and magazines that are great to curl up in front of the fire place with. No doubt though, Vogue and Nylon will be on there still, but we'll see what else apears between now and whenever I get round to my winter reading list. :)
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