IT CAN be hard to recapture a moment. Especially the timeless, widely adored era of the nineties at Chanel when supermodels strutted freely down the raised runway and photographers swarmed around its corners in...
WHEN a designer takes the reins of a fashion house over there is a fundamental task ahead of them. How do you bring the past to the present whilst also putting your own touch on it? For creative director Bruno ...
FOR MANY fashion is fantasy. It should make you dream of a world more decadent than the one we have around us, one that pushes boundaries and allows for room for all. Schiaparelli is that fantasy. It is fash...
A CHANGE of perspective was inevitable. But for Pierpaolo Piccioli, he decided to look at the process and rewind. Ideas become sketches in the studio which in turn manifest themselves onto mannequins in atelier...
THIS AFTERNOON, Lanvin will showcase their SS22 collection, titled Comic Strip during Paris Fashion Week. Creative director Bruno Sialelli, known for his bold looks and desire to design for the visionary modern...
MARKING a decade as creative director of Balmain, Oliver Rousteing has revolutionised the French fashion house helping it become of one of the leaders in the industry once again. In 2011, at the young age of 25...
ARGUABLY the most-anticipated film of the year, the James Bond franchise returns with its 25th film, No Time to Die, notably Daniel Craig’s final film as the British secret agent. Starring alongside the acto...
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...
AS DAY transitioned into night, the return of Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent to the Eiffel Tower marked the ultimate homecoming of Paris Fashion Week. But, this idea of coming back to the familiar stretched...
SET TO unveil the womenswear spring-summer 2022 collection, creative director Anthony Vaccarello is finishing off day two of Paris Fashion Week under the Eiffel Tower to present Saint Laurent’s new seasonal cre...
RUNNING a mile away from the idea of “only strictly necessary”, Brunello Cucinelli has returned to Milan Fashion Week with the distinctive mindset to dress up. Bringing together influences from glamour, a conte...
WITH THE lines between fashion and art arguably blurred, creative director Bruno Sialelli took this opportunity to showcase the Lanvin fall-winter 2021 collection against a backdrop of contemporary art. A fa...
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....
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 ...
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...
IT IS about living in the present for Alberta Ferretti. It is what she believes is inherently feminine whilst remaining grounded to who you are. But during a time where predictability is far from reach, we have...
AT SOME point in a designer’s career the city that they live in takes control of their creative inspiration. The dirty streets become romantic once again and the pollution acts like a foreign perfume seducing y...
THERE is evidently a lot to unpack after the lockdowns and with London’s partial return to physical shows this season, designer Osman Yousefzada wants us to remember we are connected as a world more than ever. ...
WHETHER a designer is looking forward or reflecting on the unprecedented year, nothing will ever quite be the same. So, as we stand on the sidelines and watch our lives fall back into place, Levi Palmer and ...
WHILE many designers have drawn inspiration for spring-summer 2022 on this new-found optimism, Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi have reflected on the past year. Unveiling their new collection that takes our co...
AS FASHION week progresses, my words from the past year that emphasised how fashion muted its tone due to the continuous cycle of lockdowns has never been more distant. The Temperley SS22 show notes begin wi...