LIKE her brash, unflirtatious designs for urban tomboys, Alice Roi is not coy.

[…] when men come together to profess a creed, they come courageously, though it is to hide in catacombs and caves. But when they come together in a clique they come sneakishly, eschewing all change or disagreement, though it is to dine to a brass band in a big London hotel.

The innocent if lawless elf, / Ethereal in virginity, / Retains the consciousness of self.

The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove.