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I want to go to a party as a real person
The above quote was said from one person working in the fashion industry to another. Let me explain...
| Apr 29, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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The boss is here
Thank god I put my heels on. When your boss is Mr.G there's no error for a bad outfit day - not even when it's 10pm on a design week drinks crawl...
| Apr 27, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Eye swide shot: A hair raising design week
Direct from Milan's 2009 design week, Swide chronicles the city's streets. Dare we admit it, but occasionally the event's people-watching proves to be far more fun than watching another new bookcase.
| Apr 24, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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The cool off: Design v fashion
Now regular readers of my little blog will appreciate my love for a catwalk backstage pass, but there's something about the fashion week crowd and their tendency to hover on street corners waiting to be snapped by The Sartorialist - that is well, dull, dull, dull...
| Apr 24, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Eyes Swide shot: Anna Wintour at Milan design week?
Direct from Milan Design Week, Swide is out and about snapping the curious and the quirky for your pleasure. Imagine our surprise then when we discovered a literary Anna Wintour browsing the 2009 design exhibitions. Is design the new black?
| Apr 23, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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The sun has got his designer specs on
The few pale rays that managed to break through Milan's grey sky yesterday caused a rash of tan top-ups and a rush on the sunglasses? Did I miss the memo about buying new sunglasses during the Easter holidays???
| Apr 22, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Do you know where I work???
After a weekend of Gossip Girl and not much else - I'm channelling their name-dropping in order to get out of this week's unwanted tasks.
| Apr 20, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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My office is bigger than your office
You would imagine that life in fashion involves showing off about one's new handbag, shoes or even a swanky holiday, but in reality things are a lot more basic.
| Apr 18, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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A lack of vision
In olden times it was said (threatened) that people lost their vision for all kinds of naughty reasons. Sunday, when I wandered out of my house I was blinded by the light for the first time. Not literally you understand - I'm still working in fashion...
| Apr 9, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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What beauty sleep?
Despite the fact I seem to get by on 3 hours of sleep and very expensive moisturiser - even my precious early hours of the morning were taken away from me by blue flashing lights.
| Apr 2, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Laugh with me, not at me
There is nothing worse than an obnoxious P.R, unless of of course you meet a smug one. As I tramped (quite literally) around the design fair this weekend, I bumped into one who couldn't believe I actually bought clothes.
| Apr 28, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Eye swide shot: Africa!
Direct from Milan's 2009 Design Week, Swide chronicles the city's streets. Much as we love a miminal design aesthetic - this Africa exhibition had us forgetting the Milanese rain.
| Apr 27, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Eyes Swide shot: An opening where you actually look at the exhibits?
Straight from Milan's 2009 design week, Swide does a double-take as SHOCK HORROR the design crowd go to opening parties not only to take advantage of the free bar (fashion week)???
| Apr 24, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Eyes Swide shot: The design week must-have
Direct from Milan's 2009 Design Week, Swide chronicles the city's streets. A Milan fashion week essential is a driver whereas design week? A bike. A prototype one of course.
| Apr 24, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Worth my weight in gold
I’d love to say this was true, if it was, given my current weight I’d be worth a lot more for a start. No, although today's pressing issue on planet DG does involve gold it's sadly not in the crossing of my palms sense.
| Apr 23, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Back in the fashion jungle
After a week opting out of fashion's tireless circus I'm back in Milan and quite literally fashion's jungle. With the rain refusing to stop, the office palm trees (yes, we do have them) are starting to resemble the Amazon rather than a high-end beach.
| Apr 21, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Bare legs at dawn
Who will be the first to show off their exfoliated, waxed and perfectly bronzed pins as the office steps up into spring gear?
| Apr 19, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Bare naked lady
In Japanese schools (random but stick with me) they cleverly have a set date when the winter uniform changes to spring - despite the weather. Could this be the office answer to when "to bare or not to bare"??
| Apr 10, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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Who said I never recycle?
Ordinarily a discarded pant box wouldn't be my desk ornament of choice (yuk!). But...an empty pant box featuring model David Gandy however, now that's another matter altogether.
| Apr 3, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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She's sleepy right now, please call back later
In D&G land we're so advanced social networking-wise that when answering our calls the secretary checks our Facebook profile page to reveal our whereabouts. True.
| Apr 1, 2009 | History > Behind The Seams
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In an exclusive interview with Swide, Mr. Gandy talks about his life and shows us that even away from the Dolce&Gabbana stage he is... a real gentleman.
This is what happened when Swide's very own Englishman in Milan, Ben Taylor, met the Italian beauty Bianca Balti. An interview, which ends with a kiss, reveals a couple of her secrets...
Together, as Swide, we shared our new year’s resolution with you, our readers. Love it or hate it, today is St. Valentine’s Day and we want to take the opportunity to share our thoughts on the Big L with you and how to be happy when in love.
We all do it, we all fall in love and it can happen any day of the year, usually when you least expect it. So why do we celebrate all lovers on this one day February 14th every year? Who was St. Valentine and why is he the patron saint of lovers?
It's Valentine's Day, and that's great. Restaurants will be thriving with happy couples celebrating. But what about singles, who want to eat alone - not only then, but all-year-round - without feeling uncomfortable?
A dozen long stemmed red roses is a thoughtful and appreciated gift. But for the more adventurous lovers out there, why not shop around for a more exotic bunch?
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and today I have a special treat for you. I have asked 7 of my illustrator friends a few questions related to this special occasion and, to make this article special, 2 of them have each prepared an original Dolce & Gabbana art work as a Valentine’s gift to the Swide readers.
Have you ever thought about Palermo as the ideal city for lovers? St. Valentine’s day is coming and I’d like to suggest to you the top 5 romantic places in my city: each location has a little story behind it all relating to love... let’s discover them!