Fashion
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Fashion is all about newness. That tissue-shrouded gewgaw you are proudly swinging in a logo-embossed carrier bag is a new you. How strange, therefore, to discover that items of considerable antiquity are attracting more attention to one outlet on New Bond Street than all the other high-gloss shops on this swanky boulevard. The bags on display in the window of the Louis Vuitton...
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About the Author and Illustrator
Christopher Hirst is a freelance journalist who lives mostly in south London and occasionally in North Yorkshire. In 2005, he was Glenfiddich Food Writer of the Year and runner-up in 2007. He is currently writing a book about the experience of cooking with his wife (aka Mrs W) which is due to be published by Fourth Estate next May.
Lucinda Rogers is an illustrator more commonly known for reportage drawing and specialises in drawing cities, in particular New York and London’s East End where she lives. In July The Independent published her drawings of scenes at the Hop Farm Festival. New east London work will appear in the next issue of Case da Abitare magazine.
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