I am writing this in the comfort of a warm duvet, with the central heating on full blast and am shaking my head in bafflement as two days ago I was skipping around in light jackets and short sleeved t-shirts and yesterday in knee high socks when today, I woke up....

to this...

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BBC now says it is currently cloudy and will be sleeting today.  Sleet/cloud my arse.  This is full-on snow in bloody April!

Whilst I'm going to be hauling on the knits again and lamenting over the inability to wear peep toe shoes, the upside is that it is suddenly very relevant to post the work of Lucian Broscatean, a student that I taught [4] last year at the Arts of Fashion masterclasses [5] in Miami.  He hails from Romania and is currently studying at the University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca [6].  If you can read Romanian, Google will show up a fair bit of info on Lucian.  Most recently, he showed his work at the Romanian Embassy in Paris and also exhibited at Moscow Fashion Week with this, (and I couldn't have blogged about a more aptly named collection on this snowy day...) URBAN NOMADS knitwear collection for AW08-9. 

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The term URBAN NOMAD will probably conjure up images of homelessness for a lot of people but for me it perfectly describes the ever evolving/changing nature and the voracious desire for the 'novel' that people experience, living in cities.  The confusing element of the knitwear is like an essential component of the 'unform for survival' as it were, for an urban nomad. 

Now, where to find a bajillion grey knitted scarves to wrap myself up 'snow ninja' style because as I type, the snow is falling even heavier than when I woke up...

Time for a cup of tea and a re-watch of Saturday Morning Kitchen (yes, I'm a freak who has no TV and watches everything via the internet...god bless 40D and BBC iPlayer)