LUXURY ACTIVIST

The Notebook

A personal notebook on luxury, fashion, design and craftsmanship. Reflections on materials, heritage and the cultural meaning of objects.

My Notes
01

The Patterns We Keep Reinventing

Original outline illustration of a courtly gentleman and a ballerina on pointe, surrounded by passionflowers, physalis, treble clefs and three discreet frogs.

Toile de Jouy, Liberty florals and paisley invite a personal reflection on how familiar patterns accommodate changing tastes.

02

Why We Keep Returning to Familiar Designs

Minimal ink drawing of a hand turning an archive sketchbook page, with sketches of a bag, chair and vase.

Personal reflections on luxury reissues, nostalgia and the creative space left for unfamiliar designs.

03

When luxury becomes ordinary

Ink outline drawing of two fashion figures in front of a rail of widely spaced garments.

Continuous visibility can make luxury feel routine. A personal reflection on desirability, scarcity and editorial restraint.

04

Can a Perfume Capture a Place?

Ink outline drawing of the Louvre courtyard with the glass pyramid, palace façade and scattered visitors.

A fragrance can evoke a destination through memory and imagination, then gather new meanings as we wear it.

05

Can an ordinary material become precious?

Conceptual ink drawing of a roll of construction sheet material unfurling into sculptural folds, with eyelets and a loose cord.

Rebecca Nardi, Chanel and Margiela offer different perspectives on how design changes the value we attribute to materials.