Menswear AW16 Milan: Giorgio Armani
Giorgio Armani wrapped his latest menswear collection in a swathe of luxe layers to ensure that his customers won’t be going cold nor out of mode come wintertime. Pelts of fur, lofty leathers and fuzzy wools wi...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Philipp Plein
Philipp Plein presented their superman for the modern world at menswear in Milan this season, delivering most of what we have come to expect from the brand known for its darkly luxurious and hard-edged fashions...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Etro
Etro scaled back their agenda this season in a move that would shock the fashionable masses in Milan, because when a brand like Etro ousts pattern and embellishment, you’re going to notice. One can only surmise...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Fendi
Silvia Venturini Fendi has established her family’s brand at the cusp of forward-thinking fashion with her latest menswear collection yet again this season. Keeping it all very Fendi, à la blocks of glaring egg...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Roberto Cavalli
In his role as creative director Peter Dundas has an interesting aim at Roberto Cavalli, making his fashions for the house stand out on their own among the new influence of neo-dandy romanticisism that is sweep...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Gucci
Gucci gave creative director Alessandro Michele free rein to do what he wanted for his AW16 men’s collection. From look one through to look 57, this proofed to be a wise move.
Recharging Italian ...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Calvin Klein Collection
Calvin Klein Collection went full stud ahead in Milan this season and had some really resplendent metallic trimmings to boot, what more could you really want from a menswear collection. Doing things his way for...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Prada
AW16 in Milan saw Prada menswear put on a show of seafaring style, with Miuccia looking to historical references in order to “reflect what is happening now with what is happening in history. To see if we have s...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Versace
Donatella Versace put her outlook for the future on her spaceman Adonis’ sleeve this season at Versace menswear in Milan, an outlook that was for all intents and purposes, the male version of Barbarella. Then a...
Menswear AW16 Milan: Salvatore Ferragamo
Salvatore Ferragamo’s lean towards the vintage bohemia that’s sweeping Italian fashion was as artfully executed as the renaissance’s Florence origins, once renaissance became a European-wide trend that is, at t...
LCM AW16: Liam Hodges
Liam Hodges’ first solo catwalk show explored British “petrolhead” culture. Show notes told us that “the man in mind is ... Kevin Webster with a bit more nous” - an unexpected, but brilliant reference point.
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LCM AW16: Sibling
Sibling gave new meaning to the term foxy boxing this season, sending their beautiful boys down the catwalk in full pugilist rig-out. Last season's college jocks in Sibling Pink have toughened up, and are now g...
LCM AW16: Turnbull and Asser
For Turnbull and Asser’s AW16 collection for LCM entitled, The Artist and The Architect, exploits the contrasting elements of two different and creative worlds.
Inspired by George Orwell’s 1984, Ayn Rand’s ...
LCM AW16: Baartmans and Siege
Wouter Baartmans and Amber Siegel explore all aspects of the American great awakening era of the 1970s. The diverse culture of New York at this time is the epicentre of the collections inspiration from the raw ...
LCM AW16: Belstaff
Luxury British brand Belstaff takes us on a journey across snowy mountains, tough terrains and icy glaciers with fashionable comfort and style. The London Collection’s Men venue chosen by the brand is tucked aw...
In the final analysis
It was a season that saw some designers saying a new hello to the fashion pack (Peter Copping’s debut as creative director at Oscar de la Renta), some bidding adieu (Alexander Wang at Balenciaga) and some forgo...
PFW SS16: Miu Miu
Miuccia Prada’s show for Miu Miu presented models as little girls playing dress up in their grandmother‘s closet as they dressed in kitschy gear which combined both grandmother’s retro wardrobe gathered over th...
PFW SS16: Céline
Phoebe Philo keeps on reinventing the house of Céline and we can never know what to expect from the next collection. For SS16 the Céline woman was travelling to a warm land far away and Philo packed her everyth...
PFW SS16: Chanel
Karl Lagerfeld never does things by halves, and his ready-to-wear Chanel runways are as anticipated for their film-set locations as they are the clothing itself. This week’s SS16 show took us to Chanel Airlines...
PFW SS16: Valentino
The Valentino show for SS16 had its quiet moments with simple dresses in black or neutral colours but for most part it was pretty wild as the designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli were so clearly...
PFW SS16: Louis Vuitton
Nicolas Ghesquière went on a fantastic voyage in Paris this season, closing PFW with a departure from the kind of fast, less considered offerings that have proliferated once again this season, taking Vuitton in...