REVIEW: September Issue of VOGUE British

Did you know that the September issues of most Magazines are the largest, out of all the issues from the year? I didn’t. Once a year, right before Paris, Milan, London Fashion Week, all magazines bulk up their advertising, fashion sections and articles are all fashion week / fashion related. It’s all quite intense. To educate me, Kanch handed me the fashion bible, I sat down this week with the September issue of VOGUE British. 

The amount of advertising in this issue is kind of shocking. Large brands and Fashion franchises buying full pages, or even two-four page spreads of models sprawled across the page wearing, holding, eating, flaunting their clothes, accessories, shoes, and handbags. The magazine is 70% advertising, 20% Articles, 10% Supplements = 100% Still Awesome. 

This year’s Fall/Autumn trends are a bit hard for me to understand. But I suppose a room full of Vogue fashion experts can’t all be wrong! For example, Camel Coats (I had to look this one up, Camel suggested Camel-hide to me, so I had to make sure!) with both open collarless necks and funnel necks. Furry boots, coats and vests, which slightly resembled hairy, unkempt bear fur to me. 

But on the other hand, I LOVED the 50s inspired fashions, cropped pants and below knee length hemlines.

Vogue says, ‘tis the season to be MINIMAL! Not in those exact words, but you get the point. They suggest sticking to beiges, pastels and single hued clothes this Fall / Autumn, but don’t forget to add a fun addition, or feature piece to the outfit. This best suits Kanchan Couture’s style. 

Last Wednesday we had some new pieces come into the Atelier, they are simply gorgeous. We haven’t had a chance to take any nice photos of them yet, and I might not be able to! One of my favorite pieces is this Gold, high wasted wrap around skirt wit a Gold print. We received 3 pieces, and sold 2 pieces in one day! This would be ideal to wear with some simple black Mary Janes, plain black tank top, and maybe some studded earrings. Minimal Glamour? I think so! 

Other articles that I enjoyed was the feature on Georgio Armani himself, Sketch Show – a journalist explores the lost art of Fashion sketching and the supplement about Jonathan Groff (completely unrelated, I’m an avid GLEE televsion show watcher.) 

Believe it or not, this was my first time ever reading a full issue of Vogue, and I have officially been converted! Now, I have another magazine to add to my pile each month. Great…

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Recession Blues…but is it so blue after all?

The week seems to have brought about a dark cloud of recession blues. Everyone I ran into, old friends and new, seem to ask the same question, “How is business? Are you affected by the recession?” Being tired of regurgitating the same answer (although I know they only ask because they care) I thought perhaps of recording my self and then playing it back or even better why not just get it down on type.

Being a young business as long as sales are better than last year January it is a positive sign. In this kind of volatile economic climate reaching targets might be a bit more challenging then usual but never the less it makes you want to work harder, think bigger and achieve more.

As a business owner working to survive the storm is definitely on my mind but then again it is on every business owners mind, which makes it a more fun market in terms of bartering. That deal on the advertising package is half the price, big venues want to attract people to their spot to eat or shop wanting to partner up if you have something new to offer and rent can be negotiated with landlords. I notice that humanity huddles together at times like these bringing out the caring side in us all…we tend to become more about society rather then ourselves.

If we look back to the history of fashion many brands have been though “hard” times. Taking the example of Louis Vuitton, during World War II they fought their way through, post war once again with the changing way of life and society they too adopted their business model becoming the most successful luxury house around. Making the correct decisions, adapting instantly to change (both your self and your business model) and being passionate can drive us thought these tough times.

In summarizing…lets seize the opportunities (there are lots of opportunities around), collaborate, and help one and other to build something bigger and better.

I really believe in living for the moment and regardless of what one is doing or where they are, the moment is always perfect. We often have to face “negatives” or what we perceive as “negative experiences” to help us in our growth process. Isn’t that what we are here to do, expand and evolve reaching to a new level of consciousness?

I’ll leave you with my most amazing moment of the week, last Sunday afternoon, I ran off to the beach to soak in 23 degrees and sunshine:


What a beautiful life!