PFW SS15: Yohji Yamamoto
For a designer who has always privileged scaling back the extroverted above mainstream fashion’s flagrant show-pieces tailored for the haut monde, Yohji Yamamoto was the designer who put on the most exaggerated...
MFW SS15: Missoni
Missoni pulled out all the statement stops this season, not surprising since they are a statement family. So it was up to the family with the timeless eye for patterned beauty to give is something vivacious for...
MFW SS15: Prada
In the run-up to this season’s behemoth Prada show, Miuccia kept her cards close to her chest. The show invite, a minimal white card bearing nothing but the essential details, gave nothing away.
And if the i...
LFW SS15: Hunter Original
In a show held by the side of a swimming pool in West London, Hunter Original SS15 created a unique spectacle. Developing this aquatic theme, hints of chlorine hues were blended with a digital projection by the...
LFW SS15: Hema Kaul
LFW SS15: Hema Kaul
In an extravagant display of femininity, Hema Kaul showcased her “La vie en rose ─ life is pink” collection yesterday.
Using appliqué flowers embroidered onto the bodice and a printed ...
LFW SS15: Marchesa
The Marchesa brand has become synonymous with red-carpet glamour, which has made its return to London Fashion Week arguably the most anticipated show of the season. Not surprisingly, Georgina Chapman and Keren ...
NYFW SS15: HONOR by Giovanna Randall
New York City-based Designer Giovanna Randall and her Chief Creative Officer Rachel Fleit keep the whimsy alive at HONOR, as always presenting a fantastical and wholly feminine collection. For SS15, Randall’s c...
It’s only natural
When fashion week comes to London, either when it’s just starting to get a little warmer or just starting to get a little colder each year, the possibilities for each and everyone involved are endless. For what...
Fall Haute Couture 2014: Armani Privé
For high fashion this season Giorgio Armani stuck to those three rewarding basics – black, red and white. The beauty of that colour scheme when used correctly is that it is manifestly un-basic, and the veteran ...
Fall 2014 Haute Couture: Dior
It was Christian Dior who proclaimed “I created flower women” and even now flora is still a stylistic linchpin that won’t budge at Dior, it’s the kind of subject matter that isn’t too flamboyant for Raf Simons’...
LC:M Burberry Prorsum SS15
The sun is shining on day three at London Collections Men! And the wonderful atmosphere has all been perfectly arranged by the team at Burberry. Set in Kensington Gardens, the weather and the collection just co...
LC:M Craig Green SS15
Craig Green’s debut solo show is nothing short of poetic beauty. Executed in a palette heady with chemical brights and tonic navy’s the SS15 collection is engaging and wonderfully put together. The silhouette c...
The house that dreams built
The hallowed name of the house of Chanel could in itself be a synonym for rapture. Few maisons have managed to inspire such legions of loyal fans. Fewer still can cause hysteria simply with the introduction of ...
The Frenchman, the legacy, his teddy-bear and her cone brassiere
You don’t go to a Jean Paul Gaultier exhibition just for the clothes. But my, aren’t they just something else? And upon entering the no- holds-barred Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From The Sidewalk to ...
Alexander McQueen show announced at V&A London
Alexander McQueen show announced at V&A London
London is the home of McQueen. It’s as simple as that, and though simple is a stretch for the Alexander McQueen vocabulary, it’s the savage beauty of the cory...
Lagerfeld takes London and the world stands by
Lagerfeld has officially touched down in London town, and the sultan of the fashion new order knows every in and every out of the capital city, indicating, soon after his Britannic invasion, that it is one of...
PFW AW14: Hermès
Hermès sauntered casually onto the schedule yesterday in Paris, closing PFW, and the renowned brand, known for their lucrative slow and steady approach, capped off the season with real luxury, the kind of luxur...
PFW AW14: Issey Miyake
The Issey Miyake AW14 catwalk show held at Jardin de Tuileries during Paris Fashion Week was inspired by the majestic forest and was a beautiful piece of art as well at catwalk show. Live music on a special sp...
PFW AW14: Comme des Garçons
The monster within reared its nightmarish head last night in Paris, the instance Rei Kawakubo tangled the body in cramping, strait-jacket creations which abide to the designer’s conceptualist testament that cha...
PFW AW14: Haider Ackermann
If the runway show were to start with the finale, and we saw a collection in its entirety to start, we might describe Haider Ackermann’s Fall 2014 Ready to Wear collection as “monastic”. True, there are plenty ...
An East Coast Edit
Now consider – which tribe do you resonate with? Currently the leading line of inquiry initiated in New York by this season’s visceral conversation with the elements, in which ubiquitous utilitarianism trul...