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 ...

MFW SS22: Versace x Fendi

GUESTS were invited via a wax-sealed, handwritten note from Donatella Versace to an “intimate creative experience”. The elusive invitation outlined the time (7:30 sharp) & the place  (Donatella Versace’s pr...

MFW SS22: Prada

THE WORD seduction has a multitude of meanings. From persuasion with the intention of leading astray, to false promises and the inevitable sexual connotations, the term goes beyond the verbal and into physical....

MFW SS22: Tod’s

WALTER Chiapponi, known for his impeccable taste and sensual, feminine designs, brought a distinctively tomboyish feel to Tod’s this season. The Italian fashion house’s SS22 show, presented at Milan’s Contempor...

MFW SS22: Jil Sander

THIS SEASON is all about rebirth. It is clear that designers are awakening into a new world, some are taking the roaring twenties approach fuelled with optimism and hope, while others are more realistic taking ...

MFW SS22: Fendi

THERE is an excitement in the Italian air. Maybe it’s the return to Milan Fashion Week, the sight of familiar faces or the buzz that Kim Jones is continually able to create surrounding his next collection. Thou...