It ain't the same, but if we can only have Luella on our coffee tables instead of hanging in our wardrobes, at least it's some kinda consolation. In the absence of her infuriatingly defunct eponymous label, Luella Bartley has gotten busy at her typewriter and written, Luella's Guide To English Style where she seeks define just what makes us Brits so goddamn fly.

I mean, firstly, how long have you got - but seriously, the 200 page tome will pick over our icons and idiosyncrasies via drawings, diagrams photos and those things wot we call words.

"My aim is simply to dig up the roots of, and, more importantly, show my unerring appreciation and devotion to those contrived subtleties, and that blatant contrariness that makes British women so staggeringly adept in the art of expression through style" says Lu' in the books intro.

The fact Bartley was a former Vogue scribe means she possess the literary prowess to pull this one off - ensuring it won't be some hackneyed attempt to take a trip into authordom while her label is on permanent vacation. Which reminds me: someone get girlfriend an investor PLEASE!

Luella's Guide To English Style will be released on October 14th

Posted on August 17, 2010 at 7:10:16 by The Real Runway