BIG hair don't care. That must have been the thoughts going through the model's minds, as they walked down the runway of Valentino AW18 couture show, on Wednesday evening. Models such as Kaia Gerber glided down...
COUTURE took a technological turn yesterday in Paris. The initiator? John Galliano – who showcased his AW18 Artisanal collection for Maison Margiela. Upon first sight, his parade of models in abstract and exces...
CRAFTSMANSHIP lies at the foundation of couture. Marry that to innovation, and the result is sure to be sublime. That point has been proven in Paris, courtesy of Iris Van Herpen’s latest couture collection. Tit...
THE SUN is shining in Paris for fashion week. Fortunately, Alexis Mabille’s latest AW18 couture collection was a weather-fitting display of floral femininity. Showcased yesterday, a grand display of shape and s...
REGAL styles have surfaced quite a few times over couture week so far. There was Dior, whereupon Maria Grazia Chiuri showcased a royalist collection of sans corsets and queenly gowns. So too was Chanel, where K...
KARL Lagerfeld never ceases to impress when mapping a collection onto set display. For this morning’s Chanel AW18 couture show, the acclaimed Grand Palais took a trip along the Seine, with classic Parisian sign...
PARIS Fashion Week is back, and the AW18 couture collections are in full swing. Unveiled yesterday afternoon was Christian Dior, where a royalist runway paved the way for an equally royalist collection. Paris’s...
IT HAS been a tumultuous year for Givenchy, with the loss of the House’s founder Hubert de Givenchy in March, followed a royal distinction as the label was selected to design Meghan Markle’s wedding dress. The ...
CHALLENGING the idea of traditional menswear, Comme Des Garçons continues to surprise fashionistas with the latest SS19 Men’s show at the Paris Fashion Week. The extravagant collection, full of bold colours and...
CONSISTENCY – one thing which A.P.C.’s creative director, Jean Touitou, always masters. And for AW18, A.P.C. has an array of staple pieces that you will not get enough of.
The collection is rather ma...
AFTER a hectic month of fashion shows, on the final eve of Paris Fashion Week, Louis Vuitton held the AW18 show at the Louvre. Nicolas Ghesquière had the Parisian arts palace transformed into an outer-space mar...
WELCOME to the rodeo as a wooden saloon-styled runway led the way for Isabel Marant’s AW18 Paris Fashion Week show. Dolly Parton’s hit Jolene came on and set the scene for Marant’s Western-vibed collection.  Ho...
SACAI succeeded in creating a mash-up of all things streetwear and sportswear for their AW18 collection at PFW, with a touch of high-school nostalgia thrown in there too. From previous seasons, Sacai have built...
HEAVILY influenced by the 1980s, Miu Miu showed its AW18 collection on the final day of PFW. As appropriate for the era, the models’ hair was voluminous, styled in a beehive mullet combination with some wearing...
REMINISCENT of his childhood memories, Chanel’s creative director Karl Lagerfeld recreated the woodland scenery surrounding the country estate in the north of Hamburg, where he grew up. Located in the Grand Pal...
CONTINUING Alexander McQueen’s legacy, creative director Sarah Burton’s AW18 RTW collection for Alexander McQueen included the brands signature theme – insects. Prints incorporated throughout the collection com...
STRIKE a pose, there’s nothing to it. After trading in the consumer-driven runways of NYFW last season, Thom Browne debuts his first AW18 womenswear collection as part of PFW. Opening to the remixed sounds of V...
UPON entering the Maison de L’UNESCO, the location for Loewe's AW18 runway at PFW, an overwhelming sense of comfort washed over. Plush carpeting and timber-framed fireplaces created the illusion of a living roo...
FLORALS? For spring? Ground-breaking. Valentino paid attention to Miranda Priestly’s disapproval of spring florals and used them for aesthetic inspiration throughout their AW18 collection at PFW. Classy as alwa...
THE ONE we’ve all been waiting for, Balenciaga’s AW18 collection at PFW took on a 21st century-nomadic vibe with layers upon layers and shopping bags aplenty. Arguably at the top of their game, Balenciaga are b...
TEETERING on the edge between fashion and art, Comme des Garçons showcased another incredibly avant-garde AW18 collection at PFW. Rei Kawakubo, founder of CdG, has never been one to shy away from challenging th...