A distinct fresh air swept across the menswear weeks in London and Milan this season. I attended some big name shows during Milan Fashion Week – it was ‘blue steel’ at its best. It’s now time to marvel at the AW13/14 shows of Milan Fashion Week…
Costume National Homme
Backstage, …
Danish fashion salon Magasin du Nord will turn 100 in 2013, and while that’s impressive in and of itself, what they’re doing to celebrate is even cooler. For their 2013 award, which the Magasin du Nord Foundation states “is given to a talented fashion designer who possess a refined sense of fashion’s …
Bernard Chandran proved himself to be quite the dark horse this evening as his SS13 had us committing every single piece to a hash-tagged want list. Built around the emotional rollercoaster of losing love (and acquiring it again), the beautifully illustrated love story celebrated the finest qualities of the female …
As the great, much-missed electronic duo that were Sash! once sang: “ENCORE UNE FOIS!” Yes, it’s that time of the year again: London Fashion Week. Once again we’ll be pounding the streets in and around Somerset House in search of the most exciting, creative and bloody brilliant designers and collections …
Today I spoke to the lovely Sherin from the HiFashion. A politics graduate turned writer, when she isn’t blogging Sherin works as lifestyle editor and music journalist for Bring the Noise UK. Here are her hopes and predictions for LFW…
What are your big trend predictions for LFW? …
Shoe designer Camilla SKovgaard teamed up with director Ali F. Mostafa to create a short fashion film – Hotel Skovgaard: Room 77. The film (below) was released last week and had its premiere at New York Fashion Week. Although the film is short, the dark and seductive themes showcase Camilla …
Overwhelmed by the success of her showcase, Georgina Hardinge was a wanted woman, backstage. Rather than serve an already next lev of stressed woman, an extra dosing of dread, some words on the show.. A primary palette met marble prints and were annexed between ladylike, sheer-sleeved, suit varieties with simultaneous …
Day 4 at 9am is no easy feat, especially in the tucked-away Topshop Space on the edge of the Thames. But Peter Pilotto’s collection was absolutely worth getting out of bed for, and the excitement mounted as the wrapped-up guests arrived. As we were ushered inside by the exceptionally well-organised …
Always finding the perfect balance between theatrical and wearable, this season John Rocha focused on texture, and thus brought us an almost all-black palette which largely consisted of leather, sheer silk and Mongolian fur. However, don’t mistake this for an all black fashion hype, as for John, it’s all about …
Henry Holland’s unerring ability to create looks for London pop starlets and hipsters was fully in evidence at his AW12 show. Holland has a genius for transforming the naffer backwaters of pop culture-gone-by (previous seasons: nineties power dressing; eighties slogan tees) into clothes adored by the most self-consciously indie of …
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