Flora Macdonald Johnston

2 months ago | theglossarymagazine.com | Flora Macdonald Johnston

Trends While pink came laced with saccharine intent last summer – think Barbie-core in all its bubblegum glory – when it comes to SS25 fashion, the shade has sobered up. At Alaïa and Khaite, it arrived in diluted tones and wispy textures – balloon skirts and sheer organza twinsets that whispered where last season screamed. Pretty, yes, but with a grown-up edge. Jonathan Anderson’s farewell at Loewe (arguably one of the most talked about shows of the season) gave pink the historical treatment,...

Aug 30, 2024 | theglossarymagazine.com | Flora Macdonald Johnston

Look around and it would be easy to think that somehow we have been transported back to the Noughties. Why? Quite simply, boho fashion is back. Floaty ankle-skimming skirts paired with knee boots are all the rage; headscarves, peasant blouses, prairie dresses and wedge sandals now fill our social feeds. Perhaps the most poignant sign of all is that the queen of boho herself, Sienna Miller, is back too and leading the revival. But this new wave of bohoism is not the boho of yesteryear.

Apr 25, 2024 | booksfromscotland.com | Flora Macdonald Johnston |Ida Tarczynska

‘It’s important to me to get the history as correct as possible, and then I let my characters inhabit that world and see where it goes.’The Paris Peacemakers follows three Scots as they attempt to pick up the pieces of their lives while the fabric of Europe is stitched together after the catastrophe of the First World War. Author Flora Johnston spoke to us about the place of women in 20th Century writing and her researching process.

Apr 12, 2024 | theglossarymagazine.com | Flora Macdonald Johnston

Interview Attending a Harris Reed show has become something of a sacred pilgrimage for fashion editors. Each season we wait in suspense, ready to be led down into the depths of the dream-like ‘Reed’ universe. “This is like the Oscars,” an editor once whispered to me during a runway, and it very much is. The only thing you can expect from Harris Reed is the unexpected.