Colin McDowell has started blogging. Often described as one of 'the world's leading fashion commentators,' and not just on his own website, the man with over 30 years experience in industry and a shelf-full of books to his name, really is the grand daddy of fashion journalism. The straight-talking, Sunday Times Style writer has penned profiles on Galliano and Blahnik, been banned from Balenciaga and once said, he'd 'never met an intellectual fashion designer.'
As you can imagine, commenting on McDowell's blog is a nerve-jangling experience, particularly when you consider his comment during an interview with Fashion Week Daily (2006), 'A man like Karl Lagerfeld is highly cultured, with a huge breadth of experience and knowledge. But among today's media, he's casting pearls before swine.' Ouch! But, last week, I managed to steel myself and have a go, leaving a comment on his The Power of a Name (when is a designer not a designer?) post, followed by a restless night, then an early morning stint online to write a PS note.
And, whilst I'm on the subject of the legendary Colin McDowell, could somebody please tell me why the Sunday Times Style dropped his fabulous Fashion Moment series? It's been gone for over a year now, but I still mourn it's passing. In fact, I'm starting a petition right now: bring back the Fashion Moment! And if that doesn't work, Colin, may I suggest you start working on an anthology?
Please leave a comment below if you'd like to see the return of the Fashion Moment:
Photo of Colin McDowell from www.colinmcdowell.com
13 comments:
Aaahhh, sweet! Kind of funny to imagine Colin blogging. I wonder if he does it in his pyjamas like me. I somehow think not...
I'm completely clueless about this guy, so I have some investigating to do before I can make any kind of informed comment about him.
Thanks for introducing me.
I often bump into Colin at LCF!
I'll ask him about the fashion moment thing.
Bring him back - there isn't enough acerbic comment in the sunday papers these days!
DRG - maybe Colin wears a Noel Coward-style dressing gown...
enc - my pleasure!
MDS - thank you in advance for the detective work.
fabhat - hear,hear!
Totally agree! Bring back Colin's Style moments ASAP.
They were witty [of course], and vastly informative. for the [all too often] visually illiterate yoof-of-today, offering a perspective on Fashion now and then which was as entertaining as it was interesting
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