PFW SS22: Chanel

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...

PFW SS22: Lanvin

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 ...

PFW SS22: Schiaparelli

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...

PFW SS22: Valentino

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...

PFW SS22: Balmain

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...

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...

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: 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...

LFW SS22: Erdem

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...

LFW SS22: Osman

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. ...

LFW SS22: Temperley

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...