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AW16 in Milan saw Prada menswear put on a show of seafaring style, with Miuccia looking to historical references in order to “reflect what is happening now with what is happening in history.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...
PFW SS16: Elie Saab
As Paris Fashion Week came to an end, Elie Saab seemed to take this opportunity to reflect on the sort of work that he has sent onto the runway the last few seasons. This collection still displayed the tremendo...
PFW SS16: Vivienne Westwood Gold Label
As one of the last shows to be seen at PFW, Vivienne Westwood had another chance to make a statement via fashion as her latest SS16 collection centres on raising awareness of the crisis of global warming.
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PFW SS16: Christian Dior
Raf Simons at Christian Dior really seems to like his florals. At the SS16 show, set at the Louvre courtyard, models emerged from a field of blue delphiniums inside a mountain covered with the same flowers on t...
PFW SS16: Chloé
The girly romantic softness that we are used to from Chloé was mixed with some rather unexpected pieces this season. Track suits. The collection, dedicated to the ‘90s icons such as Corinne Day, Kate Moss or Ce...
PFW SS16: Saint Laurent
One of the most long-and-well-established toasts of the schedule in Paris, Saint Laurent went ahead this season with generally the same Hedi Slimane founded formula, beautiful clothing on fashion bemused punk n...
PFW SS16: Acne Studios
Crushed CDs and Perspex guitars established the with-the-band theme of Jonny Johansson’s Acne Studios Paris presentation. A DIY bluntness echoed in sharp silhouettes and electric blue fishnet knits mid-ladderin...
PFW SS16: Emanuel Ungaro
Fausto Puglisi, creative director of the moment at Emanuel Ungaro, took the house in a much more controlled direction at Paris Fashion Week this season while still taking louder-than-loud pattern and bold, yet ...