No apologies for being a bad ‘blogger’ this
time.
As most people reading this will probably
know, I left Notion a few months ago to ‘freelance’ and work out what I
actually wanted to do. A tough thing, given that the future of word-based
editorial around the topic of fashion and music is so uncertain. I’ve been
pretty lucky in that a number of great opportunities have come my way (you know
who you are) and I’ve managed to forge a semi-successful/solvent career of sorts in the
last few months.
It’s taken me a while though, to realise
that I can actually be a publisher myself again, without the backing of Style
Title X or Men’s Magazine Y behind me (though if ‘Style Title X’ or ‘Men’s
Magazine Y’ do want to commission me, then drop me a line at the usual
address). After a number of enlightening conversations with an array of great
people within fashion, I’ve decided to reboot my blog.
I’m hoping that writing and publishing this
way - without any specific editorial constraints, advertiser puff-pieces or deadlines - will be much
more entertaining for anyone reading (and me as a writer), without the hassle
joy of chasing invoices.
I’m going to try and avoid broad
brushstrokes of ‘trends’ or ‘scenes’ and focus simple on great things, done well.
Whether that’s music, fashion or a particularly well-made bathmat (getting a
strong homewares vibe right now), but let’s say the focus will be primarily
menswear. The whole LCM thing is pretty well-documented, but there are pockets
of brilliance that never really get the coverage they deserve, and aspects of
what the big designers do that often end up on the digital editing room floor.
Anyway, slightly pretentious manifesto
over, on with some ‘content’. Well, some words at least. No fancy bells and
whistles, not even any GIFs (for the moment) – I’m going to stick to what I’m
good at: words. Hope you enjoy.
