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Paris Fashion Week: John Galliano SS2014

Annie Fong
News
Bill Gaytten worked hard in following in the footsteps and continuing to design for the John Galliano label after the furore around its founder's departure. A brave man and taking a new direction after the exha...

Paris Fashion Week: Kenzo SS2014

Annie Fong
News
Kenzo's Humberto Leon and Carol Lim are masters of re-defining the idea of what's cool and the everyday cult. For spring/summer they channel the brand's influences for a good cause and some fashion activism, lo...

Paris Fashion Week: Acne Studios

Elisabeth Krohn
News
To the tones of At Sea performed by Swedish opera singer Jussi Björling, Acne Studios and designer Jonny Johansson presented nothing less than a marine inspired collection – complete with white sailor caps, nav...
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PFW SS14: Ann Demeulmeester

Alison Santighian
News
In a Ten Magazine interview, Ann Demeulmeester, when asked if she is legendary, said, “Let’s ask this after I disappear one day…” Her SS14 Ready to Wear collection, with its emotional mystery is the sort of col...

PFW SS14: Haider Ackermann

Emily Rae Pellerin
News
Haider Ackermann’s spring 2014 collection show at Paris Fashion Week was a sexy display of sharply executed trousers and coats, and a showcase of the power of subtle patterns. Colours used in the collection wer...

Paris Fashion Week: Rochas S2014 RTW

Alison Santighian
News
Vibrant ghosts of demure housewives strolled the Rochas Spring 2014 Ready to Wear runway. Five year veteran of the house, Marco Zanini, blew airy freshness into what has become his signature ladylike look. Grou...

In the footsteps of Hiroshige

Peter Yeoh
Avant Art, Feature
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When I was back in London last summer, I came across Carl Randall’s painting, Mr Kitazawa’s Noodle Bar, Tokyo‚ while wandering through the National Portrait Gallery’s BP Portrait Award 2012 exhibition. The way ...

Dior in China

Nicola Kavanagh
News
There are few names which conjure up the magic and artistry of couture quite like Christian Dior. So it was only fitting that walking into the maison’s new exhibition in Shanghai, which has completely taken...

Milan Fashion Week SS14: Marni

Elisabeth Krohn
News
In their tenth anniversary year Marni designer and co-founder Consuelo Castiglioni sharpened the quirky aesthetic and re-articulated the Marni vision – a continuation of the profound change in last years Spring...

Milan Fashion Week SS14: Emilio Pucci

Alison Santighian
News
Peter Dundas once told American Vogue that he loves high-octane glamour. His Spring 2014 Ready to Wear collection for Emilio Pucci evidences that drive literally and figuratively. Classic Pucci patterns mix wit...

Milan Fashion Week SS14: Tod’s

Alison Santighian
News
Alessandra Facchinetti took the Milan runway captive with her first collection at Tod’s. The Spring 2014 Ready to Wear show took the current athletic, adrenaline-pumped trend to an elevated serenity. Deceptivel...