Linda Farrow Goes Behind The Archives. Way Beyond.
Nirvana, for sunglasses fanatics, is to be found in a converted schoolhouse in the Clerkenwell area of London. That’s where the Linda Farrow archives are housed—a few filing cabinets’ worth of specs dating from the origins of the Linda Farrow brand in the late 1960’s. Aviators of all shapes and sizes and superbly wacky ’80’s [...]
Extra, Extra: Preen’s New Bags
Some brands are tortoises. Others are hares. Preen is incontrovertibly—and in the best way possible—the former. Over the past dozen years, Preen designers Thea Bregazzi and Justin Thornton have taken an incrementalist approach as they’ve gone from hawking togs at the Portobello Arcade to selling out their Power dress on Net-a-Porter. Now the designers are [...]
The Preen Scene
It’s been a very good year for Preen’s Thea Bregazzi and Justin Thornton. First, we noticed that both their main collection and commercial Preen Line have quietly become It girl and celebrity staples. It started in April with Gwyneth Paltrow showing off her gorgeous gams in a black Power Bandage dress, a perennial Preen style, [...]
preen’s power move
Preen fans, it’s time to boot up. Not in the footwear sense, but rather, the computing one: Preen designers Thea Bregazzi and Justin Thornton are launching their first-ever resort collection today at Net-a-Porter. New looks and Preen standouts in special colors comprise the capsule, which is for sale exclusively at Net-a-Porter and has already been [...]

