27.Nov.2009 Work it: Interview with Sophie Ward, Literary entrepreneur
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Sophie Ward is busy, aligning disparate universes.
There are her home bases – Perth, the world’s most isolated city, and bustling New York, her adopted home.
And then there’s the modelling – for Italian and Australian Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Giorgio Armani and Diane von Fürstenberg, among others – which sits alongside her [...]
18.Nov.2009 Witerary Wednesdays: History of Love
Nicole Krauss’s novel History of Love is an anatomy of loneliness, and a compendium of hope. Leo Gursky is an invisible man, elderly and despairing. His son, a famous writer, knows nothing of his existence, much to Gursky’s desolation. He has worked out a routine with his neighbour and friend whereby they check that the [...]
24.Oct.2009 In defence of fashion writing
Good fashion writers defy the disposable nature of the industry. Theirs is a compassionate understanding of the way clothing influences our lives – both in the disproportionate joy derived from a frivolous purchase, and the significance of a wedding dress or a well-fitting pair of jeans.
Not every fashion lover is keen on runway photos. For [...]
