JEUX D'OMBRES | STEPHANE ROLLAND

Snapped at the Stéphane Rolland Haute Couture show during our lighting test. One of the models photographing herself in shadow play on her mobile - thrown onto the back of the set.  The inimitable Old-Hollywood allure of the followspot and a shot we couldn't resist.

MANHATTAN | SOVIET

Sidewalk | Soho | the hammer and sickle of Soviet Russia artfully stencilled onto the paving outside the Barney's Co-op - fine purveyors of Alexander Wang, Helmut Lang, Edun et al. Amused.

CISEAUX

2010 was all about chairs (albeit the lack of posts thereof)... from high design to scrap. Efforts were made: sanding and painting a decrepit old footstool and unholstering it in vintage japanese kimono cotton; sourcing a 1940s Italian loveseat now bedecked with felted wool cushions from Donna Wilson; designing stools and chairs for London Fashion Week; scouring eBay for the perfect Ercol pebbles to sit alongside these designs. Form and function - and a rather obvious choice of subject matter. 2011 is the year of he scissors. Unheralded, unsung, uncelebrated.  And deeply beautiful.  So much so that a number of vintage pairs are now hung on my walls. Herewith Victoria needle-nose embroidery scissors and early C20 pruning shears. Currently in search of vintage pinking shears, ornate Chatelaine scissors and 1920s hairdressers scissors.