PFW SS21: Balenciaga

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
MOUTHING along to a cover of Corey Hart’s ‘80s hit Sunglasses at Night, models strode through the rain-sodden streets of Paris dressed in bug-eyed sunglasses and baggy streetwear, debuting Balenciaga’s new spri...

PFW SS21: Ami

Imogen Clark
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
FINDING a silver lining in the middle of the darkness, Ami put the City of Lights in the spotlight this season. Paying homage to its hometown, the men and womenswear spring-summer 2021 collection was presented ...

PFW SS21: Hermès

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
IN A set punctuated by mirrors and winding marble columns splashed with prints of Greco-Roman goddess sculptures, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski presented an expertly-crafted SS21 collection for Hermès to a small numbe...

PFW SS21: Dice Kayek

Kate Haselden
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
DICE Kayek’s SS21 collection is presented as a vibrant, carefully choreographed fashion film directed by Marie Schuller. The film opens in a classroom, where three bored students struggle to stay awake – sudden...

PFW SS21: Balmain

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
IN celebration of Balmain’s 75th anniversary, 35-year-old creative director Olivier Rousteing presented a remarkable SS21 collection dripping with 70s glamour, harkening back to the earliest postwar designs of ...

PFW SS21: WALES BONNER

Lily Rimmer
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
THE sun is shining. The air is warm. The Essence is rich in heat. As the second in a triptych of collections by Wales Bonner that explores the diasporic connections between Britain and the Caribbean, and the fi...

PFW SS21: Coperni

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
ATOP the towering Tour Montparnasse – the tallest building in Paris – Coperni held the first physical show of Paris Fashion Week. With seats socially-distanced a metre apart, creative directors Arnaud Vailla...

Haute Couture AW20: Guo Pei

Emma Hart
Fashion, Fashion Shows, News
BASED simultaneously in Beijing and Paris, Guo Pei is a designer that has managed to grab the attention of both the Western and Eastern world, attracting global interest after designing Rihanna’s 2015 Met Gala ...

Marni launches the Juliette Bag

Imogen Clark
Fashion, News
AHEAD of the women’s pre-fall 2020 collection launch, Marni have brought out a new bag titled the Juliette. Taking inspiration from the sophisticated and elegant style of Paris’s Rive Gauche, the Juliette is ma...