Designer Paul Andrew has now launched his first ever temporary shop at the Donna Karan New York Store in London. Open now, the outlet features a dedicated shoe salon comprised of his...
The only recurring exhibition in New York that spotlights contemporary early-career artists, the 2015 New Museum Triennial will be open to the public on February 25. The Triennial provides a platform for an...
Jaime Tarazona Jaime lives and works in Colombia and is currently having a solo exhibition at the Alberto Sendros Gallery in Buenos Aires, Argentina. For the past two years he has been focused on...
Timed for another New Year’s celebration, Chanel has launched the J12-G.10 next generation in Chanel Horlogerie, along with the Fine Jewellery collection Cosmique. The CHANEL J12-G.10 collection The J12-G.10 is available in Chanel’s...
British actor Nicholas Pinnock has an impressively eclectic list of credits to his name. In the 1990s, he appeared in UK TV stalwarts Grange Hill, EastEnders, The Bill and Casualty, but he’s since...
Presenting his SS15 couture collection, Stephane Rolland opened the show with a variety of monochromatic, lavish gowns. Fabric draped softly around bodices, flowing over the natural silhouette in a relaxed, demure fashion. Featuring...
Following his grand departure from prêt-a-porter as we know it, Jean Paul Gaultier wanted to treat us to a couture collection to covet. 63 pieces along, that he certainly did. Drifting between the...
One word can describe Maison Valentino haute couture SS15, the aristocratic elegance. The show was an amalgamation of delicate, one-of-a kind impalpable fabrics, and beautifully tailored finishes. Resurrecting the ancient Roman style to...
The 1950s Italian actress Sophia Loren famously quipped ‘everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.’ This pretty much sums up the Italian aesthetic: voluptuous, well fed, healthy. Loren – a regular muse for...
Elie Saab is definitely referencing his past as a wedding gown designer with his Spring Couture collection. Every garment is dripping in feathers, embroidery, beading or lace, all done to an exquisite standard. A...
Jack McLean’s painting, It’s a Long Story, in Full Colour, without a Happy Ending, on view at The Container gallery in Tokyo at the moment, brings to mind the illustrated handscrolls (emaki) of ancient...
For many designers who deal in classic romanticised fashion, Orientalism is a force that holds an enigma that is untouched. Gargantuan shoots of bamboo pierced through the elevated catwalk and led the way...
Paris, in all its current couture splendour, saw the global launch of the new Emilio Pucci eyewear collection at the city’s Italian Embassy last night. Celebrating over an exclusive dinner and cocktail spread,...
Chanel haute couture SS15 welcomed spring with a blossomy show in a modern art installation stage of a tropic botanical paradise. Adding always innovative touches, last year were the trainers, this time was...
Dior began the AW15 show by showcasing a variety of smart tuxedos; focusing on typical masculine design the collection presented the development of the suit. The youthful edge of preppy badges with floral...
Christian Dior haute couture SS15 show was a retro-themed collection reinventing the past through Simon’s futuristic lens. The first looks, dresses encrusted with paillettes topped with plastic opera coats and then artfully combined...
What makes Alexis Mabille such a respected couturier is the detail he puts into everything that is associated with his name. As equally attracted to the appearance of a model’s face as he...
One of the pleasantries that comes with Spring season Couture, a gilded sphere that generally does not permit access to the masses, is deliberating over the dresses that are probably going to be...
A greater sense that Schiaparelli fits more comfortably into the modern day fashion vernacular comes courtesy of each new Couture collection that house puts out. Reviving the legendary name is certainly not looking...
What makes Britain, Britain? Bacon butties, a cuppa and roast dinners – certainly – but whodunits are my British institution of choice, and none so more than Midsomer Murders and its eerie theremin-based...
Hermes menswear AW15 in Paris presented a show of symmetry, elegance, and simple finesse with classy and casual garments with clean refined lines. To commence, boys walked in classic tuxedos in grey, blue and...
