Cat James

Fascinated by the anarchic and home-made style of punk, young Cat narrowed the legs of her corduroy trousers, stitched zips up and down their length and streaked her hair with food colouring. Unperturbed by the subsequent mickey-taking, she has been experimenting with her look over the ensuing years, adopting punk, glam, hair metal, DIY Prisoner Cell Block H haircuts and space chic. On the pages of Wight Catwalk, Cat shows off her expanding wardrobe of holographic clothes, chunky footwear and a refusal to submit to #normcore.

Shop the look 5 August, 2014

The future is NOW!

By Cat James

Iridescent fabric has been hot since Marty McFly went Back to the Future and his bonkers baseball hat became one of the most sought after props, with bogus versions tantalisingly unavailable on various wishlist websites.

Shop the look, Street style 5 August, 2014

Check out those strides!

By Cat James

Someone once told the curator of Wight Catwalk that she always wore the sort of loud patterns which wouldn’t go amiss on a clown.

The finished Maddison Avenue gel manicure

Shop the look 5 August, 2014

Space nails!

By Cat James

The world of nails has made some significant advances since the early days of a quick shape with a metal file finished with a clear top coat. In fact, to the uninitiated, it can be a confusing minefield, more easily interpreted by an industrial chemist.

Street style 5 April, 2014

Welcome to Wight Catwalk

By Cat James

The Isle of Wight has traditionally been behind the curve. Back in the opulent eighties, while yuppies were pinging their red braces in London’s Square Mile fuelled by adrenaline and cocaine, this sunny county was gently rocking to the end-of-the-pier antics of Cannon and Ball.