PFW AW17: Chanel
SPACE is the final frontier – and one for which fashion has always had a continuing fascination. Given that Karl Lagerfeld is far and away the master of dramatic presentation, it is fitting that he chose space ...
PFW AW17: Louis Vuitton
THE inspiration behind Nicolas Ghesquière’s AW17 collection for Louis Vuitton was all about blurring the lines and mixing up opposites. Blending the urban with the countryside and folklore, heritage with the f...
PFW AW17: Yohji Yamamoto
LONG-KNOWN as a technically pioneering tailor, Yohji Yamamoto opted to bring operatic drama and, dare we say, romance, to AW17. Averting himself from the austerity chic that is usually at the core of his collec...
PFW AW17: Céline
SIMPLE. Wearable. Powerful. Those are the key words with which we could describe Phoebe Philo’s AW17 collection for Céline. As Philo is against press releases and refuses to give interviews post-show, we are al...
PWF AW17: Dior
EMPOWERMENT is a word that evokes images of suffragettes in white or, more recently, hundreds of thousands of people marching in protest. In the hands of Maria Grazia Chiuri in her latest ready-to-wear collecti...
PFW AW17: Balmain
BALMAIN has garnered a reputation for edgy garments that ooze modernity. But this season, Olivier Rousteing went for something a bit more rock n’ roll.
Featuring looks more likely to be seen at a Bon Jovi ...
PFW AW17: Kenzo
KENZO’S creative directors Humberto Leon and Carol Lim made a politically motivated call-back to the brand’s maverick fashion milestones for AW17. By showing us what Kenzo Takada achieved as a designer who soug...
PFW AW17: Chloé
WITH her last show for the French house of Chloé, the English designer and the brand’s creative director of six years Clare Waight Keller left on a high note with everyone praising the collection and alluding t...
PFW AW17: Dries Van Noten
FOR his centenary show, Dries Van Noten celebrated the milestone with putting on one hell of a showcase. He called on his top model muses to present the AW17 collection, the women he’s worked with continuously ...