PFW SS16: Acne Studios
Crushed CDs and Perspex guitars established the with-the-band theme of Jonny Johansson’s Acne Studios Paris presentation. A DIY bluntness echoed in sharp silhouettes and electric blue fishnet knits mid-ladderin...
PFW SS16: Issey Miyake
For all those who claim to be fans of colour blocking or optical illusion-inspiring fashion, Issey Miyake’s latest collection will be at the top of their Christmas list. There was not a single colourless piece ...
PFW SS16: Dries Van Noten
Dries Van Noten transformed the Parisian runway into an old Hollywood dream for SS16. Every fabric dripped with luxury, the models had their hair spun up and away from their faces in a classic style – it was li...
PFW SS16: Rochas
True to form, Alessandro Dell’Acqua presented a confection of the hyper-feminine kind at last nights Rochas show. Inspired by Gala DalÃ, the eccentric and provocative wife of Salvador, the saccharine elements o...
MFW SS16: Cristiano Burani
What do you get when you take a chunk of ‘60s, a dash of the ‘70s, a slight sprinkle of ‘90s streetwear and a whole lot of colour? Cristiano Burani’s SS16 collection. It was an eye opening blend of the 20th cen...
MFW SS16: Emilio Pucci
This week at the Emilio Pucci SS16 ready to wear show, there was a moderate explosion of colour, coral and everything cut-out. It was a feast for the eyes with everything it had to offer. All with an exotic twi...
LFW SS16: Margaret Howell
There was a zesty preppyness to this season’s Margaret Howell show – hues of orange and lime and an old sport flair sharpened her signature mannish tailoring. Silky, buttoned up or down, or simply as fabric – a...
LFW SS16: Faustine Steinmetz
Re-imagining the everyday, Faustine Steinmetz manipulates and dissects polo shirts, college sweaters and dresses with admirable lightness. Taking cues from Salvador Dali’s paintings of distorted objects and Jos...
NYFW SS16: Tommy Hilfiger
The patriarch of American fashion, Tommy Hilfiger, took a rare step away from his beloved red, white and blue this season to present a more tropical and exotic interpretation of the all-American girl. The sunn...
Fall 2015 Haute Couture: Jean Paul Gaultier
Jean Paul Gaultier dominated the runway today with what at some points felt like a nautical feeling show for the fall season. Juxtaposing a typically spring style for fall and doing it the only way Gaultier kno...
Fall 2015 Haute Couture: Elie Saab
Today in couture, Elie Saab draped the runway in the classic elegance he has become known for. Every gown dripping in beads, embroidery and intricate accents that allow what would normally be simple floor-lengt...
A state of grace – Glass meets Lu Hui the designer behind new luxury fashion house Suki London
Suki London is the kind of brand with room to breathe – unfettered, fresh and young enough to still lay down some significant sartorial milestones. However, whilst this may be so, this newly launched luxury fa...
PFW AW15: Louis Vuitton
As soon as the favoured girl Freja Beha Erichsen hit the runway in pointy leather boots with a big white buckle at Louis Vuitton’s AW15 show wearing a big white fur coat, resembling a polar bear or even the Yet...
PFW AW15: Valentino
The Valentino show for AW15 started off small and ended big. The black and white beginning was very minimal including the bare make-up of the models with only a hint of brown eye-shadow and hair clipped at the ...
PFW AW15: Saint Laurent
Hedi Slimane did Madonna and her ‘80s era proud in his AW15 collection for Saint Laurent. Short dresses with a voluminous tutu skirt worn with a blazer, a biker or a bomber jacket and often ripped fishnet tight...
PFW AW15: Chloé
This season’s Chloé show seemed as if it started at one place and ended in quite another. Models with healthily glowing faces and naturally flowing hair walked down the runway in boots on a thick heel, with thi...
PFW AW15: Akris
Akris’ Albert Kreimier is perhaps one of the best examples of a designer who understands that minimalist chic doesn’t have to be all style and no substance. This season in Paris he accentuated his tricks of the...
PFW AW15: Hermès
Hermès AW15 outing this season didn’t just mean another line-up of infinitely chic garments it meant a new creative director, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, some more diverse sartorial ideas and the reeling in of time...
PFW AW15: Givenchy
Darkly romantic and resolutely Latino was Ricardo Tisci’s Givenchy female archetype this season. The fashion pack waited in ardent anticipation to see what the designer would present for AW and he certainly did...
PFW AW15: Dries Van Noten
Rich and royal. That is how the Dries Van Noten’s AW15 collection can be described if one was allowed two words only. But, thankfully, here this is not the case. And so we can indulge in descriptions of Van Not...
MFW AW15: MSGM
Vibrant colours were the answer to the season of AW15 according to Massimo Giorgetti at his label MSGM, as his playful collection was full of them – bright red, hot pink, juicy orange, cobalt blue or citrus yel...