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’...
Fall 2014 Haute Couture: Schiaparelli
Marco Zanini’s second interpretation of Haute Couture for the House of Schiaparelli, now fully alive and kicking after the well-known revival last season, was all about the shocking factor. In the most resource...
Wun’s world
Who is Robert Wun? In an industry where more and more designers seem to be cropping up daily, it’s a valid question. One tinctured with a little too much incredulous cross-examination though, because Wun is...
Fall 2014 Haute Couture: Atelier Versace
Here came the girls at Atelier Versace in Paris on the first day of Fall 2014’s parade of haute couture creations. In an ideal world if there was anyone who could fly the flag for la femme, now that the boys ha...
The 40th Anniversary of Diane von Furstenberg’s Wrap Dress
The life and wraps of Diane von Furstenberg present much to celebrate on this year, the 40th anniversary of the iconic wrap dress. To mark this special milestone online retailer MyTheresa have canonised the leg...
Go behind the scenes of La Perla AW14
La Perla have upped the amorous ante yet again this season with their new AW14 campaign for the debut of the Made-To-Measure collection. Bringing together photography duo Mert and Marcus under the artistic dire...
Miu Miu AW14 Ad Campaign
For Miu Miu’s AW14 ad campaign Steven Meisel screentests the newest avant-garde cinema sensation Stacy Martin in an ode to the Warholian ‘superstar’, often considered to be one of the pop artist’s greatest work...
Paris Menswear SS15: Hermès
Hermès rubbed Glass up in just the right direction late last week at the Silk Ball in London, so we are all feeling rather good about them at the moment. What has become most apparent is the brand’s elements of...
Paris Menswear SS15: Saint Laurent
Hedi Slimane was called upon this season to call menswear quits with his bohemian like you Saint Laurent presentation. As for the newest string of his strictly Slimane garments it was all unrelentingly Hedi, no...
Paris Menswear SS15: Lanvin
There was an inordinate sense of pace at Lanvin on the final day of spring summer 2015’s menswear itinerary. All the same, if any brand has a firm hold on quick perspicacious elegance in our modern world it’s o...
Givenchy Opens New Store in Hong Kong International Airport
Designer duty free is always a nice option, and when that designer is Givenchy it’s even nicer. The luxury brand has now opened the doors to their newest retail space in Hong Kong International Airport, whi...
Paris Menswear SS15: Louis Vuitton
This season Vuitton was a flavoursome bouquet of chic, and what really worked in Kim Jones’ favour was the felicity of matured seasonings, none of which overpowered. The creative director actually drew on his s...
Paris Menswear SS15: Givenchy
Tisci turned to the usual sporty tailoring this season, but if you just squint you might catch a glimpse of something a little different. A sense of divergence that is, for there was a faint sense of a SS15 Ric...
Paris Menswear SS15: Cerruti 1881
Cerruti 1881 skipped nimbly along a thin line between the urbane and the urban yesterday in Paris. With a copacetic flow of trendy forms, patterns and strong colours, not altogether feminine but not classically...
Paris Menswear SS15: Dior
Dior will always be Dior, touch wood. For now at least we are still witnessing all that bears witness to everything which should concur with the most delectable four letters in fashion. Kris Van Assche understa...
Paris Menswear SS15: Valentino
In Paris this menswear season Valentino was a little bit of this and a little bit of that. This was free-spirited and that was evocative of calmer days gone by. Well, as it goes, Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpao...
Paris Menswear SS15: Carven
Menswear à la française kick-started in Paris today, and it was all suitably Parisian. Carven’s lauded Guillaume Henry charmed with a lovably apathetic somewhat sterile spread of boyish clothing. The simplifie...
Andrea Incontri joins Tod’s as Creative Director of Menswear
In a shake-up for Tod’s menswear presence it was announced that Andrea Incontri has joined the Design Team at the Italian leather goods label as Creative Director over the weekend. In an effort to re-...
Milan Menswear SS15: Giorgio Armani
Stand down, because Giorgio Armani reigns supreme over all back-door menswear hopefuls. One almost gets the feeling that the comments Armani, ever the opinionated creative, made not so long ago blasting designe...
Milan Menswear SS15: Roberto Cavalli
You could almost smell the palm trees sizzling under the blistering Miami Boulevard sun, mixed with just a robust whiff of Drakkar Noir and, perhaps, gasoline, at Roberto Cavalli today in Milan, where the desig...
Milan Menswear SS15: Gucci
The model Gucci mod was back at it again in Milan this season. However, this mod was seabound and seriously stylish to boot. There have been many a reference to the seven seas in Milan recently, some hits, some...