Sitting in my Stockholm hotel room and taking in the BBC World Service I have to say it seems rather surreal to think that New York, like much of America’s East Coast, is in the grips of both the tail end of summer and Hurricane Irene. For the fashionisers affected, I hope that it all dissipates without damage and that life shortly returns to normal – the sort of normal where big smiles and crochet dresses are commonplace.
