Apparently blogging is harder than I thought. I have been so busy that posting on here has been rather regrettably put on the back burner. However four essays, three features, a website and video news report later and things are about to change. I am determined to be a good blogger.
I first came across Gareth Pugh in a 2006 edition of French Vogue. No-unfortunately I can't say that I make a habit out of reading foreign periodicals. In an attempt to expand my linguistic horizons I took French A-Level and part of the course involved two hours a week of reading French news online. While others in the class immersed themselves in, Le Monde, Le Figaro and Le Parisien I opted for Vogue Francaise and Marie Claire (which, being a French publication, I was able to justify to myself even more so than Vogue). It turned out to be a fatal mistake. My assessor cared about as much for fashion as I do for a cold cup of tea, so when she asked me to describe the benefits of the French education system I found the delights of a shopping trip to the Louvre-Tuilieries rolling off my tongue. I failed.
Anyway this (above) is my favourite video of Gareth Pugh's 2009 collection, by London film maker Ruth Hogben. I love how she captures his eccentric style through film.
On a quick aside, another part of the A-Level involved watching French nouvelle vague cinema which is surprisingly entertaining. A particular favourite of mine was Jules et Jim, a tragic and bizarre account of a post war Bohemian lifestyle, told through the autobiography of Henri-Pierre Roche.
Even if you can't speak French, as I proved I couldn't, the film is still beautiful.
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