Fashion, that most ephemeral thing, is to some akin to a religion, its best prophets dazzling us with catwalk collections that inspire devotion and reverence. Though genuine divinity too weaves through this documentary about icon André Leon Talley (already I’m co-opting the language of churches and saints). Talley – fashion writer, editor and expert on… The Gospel According To André Read More
Tattoo Girls 3.5 stars
“Life is extremely fragile and only given for a certain amount of time” says a young woman who wants to be a mortuary beautician. It’s artifice to make the dead look as near to their living selves as possible, once that spark has gone, and to make life easier for those left behind. You could… Tattoo Girls Read More
Phantom Thread 4.5 stars
To paraphrase Emily in The Devil Wears Prada, it turns out I’m just one wild mushroom omelette away from my goal weight. I never collect mushrooms in the great outdoors, as I’d rather not risk death for size zero, though it makes a change to see food used as a weapon against a gourmand fashion… Phantom Thread Read More