PFW SS22: Lanvin

WHEN a designer takes the reins of a fashion house over there is a fundamental task ahead of them. How do you bring the past to the present whilst also putting your own touch on it? For creative director Bruno ...

PFW SS22: Schiaparelli

FOR MANY fashion is fantasy. It should make you dream of a world more decadent than the one we have around us, one that pushes boundaries and allows for room for all. Schiaparelli is that fantasy. It is fash...
Loewe SS22

PFW SS22: Loewe

AFTER 18 months of showcasing his fantastical designs as immersive shows-in-a-box for his JW Anderson brand and Loewe, creative mastermind Jonathan Anderson returned to the catwalk for SS22, debuting an experim...

PFW SS22: Valentino

A CHANGE of perspective was inevitable. But for Pierpaolo Piccioli, he decided to look at the process and rewind. Ideas become sketches in the studio which in turn manifest themselves onto mannequins in atelier...

PFW SS22: Heliot Emil

PERMANENT Metamorphosis is the name of Heliot Emil’s SS22 collection designed by Julius Juul.  The collection debuted on the first day of Paris fashion week via a film directed by Maria Ines Afonso. For the ...

PFW SS22: Balmain

MARKING a decade as creative director of Balmain, Oliver Rousteing has revolutionised the French fashion house helping it become of one of the leaders in the industry once again. In 2011, at the young age of 25...

PFW SS22: Acne Studios

MARKING their return to the runway since the pandemic began, the Acne Studios SS22 collection homed in on the brand’s signature of experimenting, clashing historic and futuristic reference points in the process...

PFW SS22: Coperni

AFTER last season's runway show that was held in a drive-thru, the pressure was on for design duo Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer to one-up arguably the show of Paris Fashion Week. Dedicating the previous c...

PFW SS22: Ottolinger

“HI! We’re Ottolinger!” reads the opening page of the Ottolinger SS22 press release. It’s a bold welcome. The double exclamation mark is widely understood as a professional no no, but Ottolinger are hardly the ...
Dior SS22

PFW SS22: Dior

PARIS Fashion Week is back – bolder and better than ever. After the fashion world retreated to mainly digital showcasing for a year over the pandemic, the style set has returned to the front rows for SS22, with...

PFW SS22: Marine Serre

“FASHION is about more than draping fabric and making a profit, it can be a place where we are free to take meaningful action,” Marine Serre noted in the show notes for her SS22 collection titled Fichu pour Fic...

MFW SS22: Dsquared2

THE Dsquared2 film presentation opens with models cloaked in the SS22 collection recklessly graffiti-ing plastic sheets in an abandoned warehouse.  This scene perfectly set the mood for the “fairytale grunge” 3...

MFW SS22: Emporio Armani

EMPORIO Armani for Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 created a 120 look collection.  The collection boasts an extensive colour palette starting with various shades of navy and patchwork denim and finishing ...