Beneath the Canopy

I try to visit the University of Dundee Art, Design & Architecture degree show every year because it’s such an incredibly diverse exhibition of art and design work being generated in Dundee, but I particularly enjoy the textiles department because of my love of clothes and style. Each year, I wonder how the new cohort… View Post

Degree Show 2016 Street Style

I went along to the University of Dundee’s art, design and architecture degree show opening at DJCAD on Friday night and had a chat to some of the stylish guests, who were all really supportive of the University, the degree show and the students graduating this year. Not only did I have great fun chatting… View Post

Beautiful Moments

Every year throughout April and May, I wait with bated breath for this beautiful avenue of cherry blossoms to bloom. Last week the pink finally burst into the green of the park to create an explosion of colour, so we decided to shoot this look while we had the opportunity – though this is one of the… View Post

The Golden Age of Hollywood

Oh, to be a silver screen star in the Golden Age of Hollywood!   With a 1920s-1940s evening coming up in Dundee, I’ve been thinking again about old Hollywood glamour. Despite the Great Depression and austerity during and following the two world wars, the red carpets of the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s were the… View Post

A City of Innovation & Design 1920 – 1940

Earlier today, I went along to The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum archives to view a selection of dresses from the 1920s (you can see my visit on Snapchat, find me @daydreamer.net). I can’t tell you how excited I was to see the museum’s stores – rack upon rack of vintage clothing, from the… View Post