SS20 PFW: Alexander McQueen
WITHIN a stripped down warehouse sweeping melodies of British composer Isobel Waller-Bridge gently signal the start of Alexander McQueen’s SS20 collection at PFW. Performed by the London Contemporary Orchestra,...
PFW SS20: Stella McCartney
“THE WORLD is crying out for change and it is our responsibility to act now,” wrote Stella McCartney on a leaflet given to each attendee before her show. Instead of a press release, McCartney presented the audi...
PFW SS20: Giambattista Valli
SINCE the brand was founded in 2005, Giambattista Valli has become renowned for its gorgeous couture gowns, and for PFW, Valli brought his lyrical, romantic style to the runway with the SS20 ready-to-wear colle...
PFW SS20: Valentino
PURITY and extravagance defined Pierpaolo Piccioli’s SS20 for Valentino at PFW. The show began with white clouds of cotton poplin, shaped into shirt dresses, before morphing into a rainbow of colour and pattern...
PFW SS20: Balenciaga
VERY recently the news broke that, in a highly gutsy move, Georgian designer Demna Gvasalia was leaving Vetements, the brand that propelled him to fashion stardom, to concentrate on his efforts at Balenciaga, t...
PFW SS20: Comme Des Garcons
AMORPHOUS. Overblown. Impossible to decipher. Such vocabulary has always been tethered to Rei Kawakubo's Comme des Garçons creations, that has references which often elude even those initiated into fashion circ...
PFW SS20: Givenchy
NEW YORK, 1993. A time before Sex and the City and social media, and apparently, a year of inspiration for Givenchy’s artistic director, Clare Waight Keller. The year 1993 was a one of personal transition for K...
PFW SS20: Yohji Yamamoto
“I WAS born to be poetic,” Yohji Yamamoto told one journalist after his SS20 show at Paris Fashion Week. True to his word, the collection was as enchantingly poetic as possible, one which interweaved both the s...
PFW SS20: Haider Ackermann
THE Columbian-born French designer Haider Ackermann presented his new mixed ready-to-wear SS20 collection during PFW this season. The designer explored fashion beyond gender heavily inspired by the concepts of ...
PFW SS20: Hermes
UTILITARIANISM was a resounding feature of the Hermès SS20 collection for PFW. Strong, more masculine silhouettes were reinforced with practical buckles and fashioned from robust leather.
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PFW SS20: Vivienne Westwood
VIVIENNE Westwood could be summarised – if the British fashion house could be at all summarised in a sentence – with her own words, “I'm the proof – you can't throw away tradition.” This belief in reinventing t...
PFW SS20: Issey Miyake
AT ISSEY Miyake, performance art replaced the runway as models started circling the floor when out of the air, three brightly coloured hoop dresses appeared catching the eyes of the audience as they were lowere...
PFW SS20: Celine
DRIVEN by a desire to create a more accessible Celine, Hedi Slimane’s work has a distinctly youthful and slightly indie feel to it, and his SS20 collection for PFW was no different. The new era of Celine has lo...
PFW SS20: Loewe
ONE OF fashion’s greatest qualities is its ability to transport its viewers and wearers into another world, transcending reality and all its troubles. Yesterday, at the Maison de l’UNESCO in Paris, Loewe’s Jona...
PFW SS20: Isabel Marant
SINCE its inception in 1994, Isabel Marant has been known for its bohemian style and the SS20 show for PFW reinforced this distinctive aesthetic. Walking to Brazilian electro music, models weaved through paths ...
PFW SS20: Rick Owens
ENTERING into a realm of fairytale meets grim modern-day political tension, Rick Owens evokes and references authoritarian politics in his SS20 collection. Creating almost-cyber like women, the collection is in...
PFW SS20: Y/Project
DRAWING influence from 19th century Parisian fashion and industrial trends, Glenn Martens materialises Western European fashion history with his SS20 collection at PFW. The show itself tied these ideas together...
Dries Van Noten SS20 PFW
THE Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten presented his SS2020 ready-to-wear collection collaboration with the celebrated Christian Lacroix. The Opèra Bastille runway flowered with vibrant colours and celebr...
PFW SS20: Rochas
ROCHAS presented their SS20 collection by Alessandro Dell’Acqua filled exuding freshness and celebration of youthful energy. The collection amazed with a myriad of bold colours and classic silhouettes. The icon...
PFW SS20: Paco Rabanne
SHARP suits, glittering metals and punchy print lined the runway at Paco Rabanne’s SS20 show for PFW. The collection was colourful and busy – you found yourself struggling to keep up with each ensemble, but whe...
PFW SS20: Chloé
IN CHARACTERISTIC Chloé style, French chic combined with bohemian undertones, the SS20 collection was debuted at PFW. The runway, with looks designed by creative director Natacha Ramsay-Levi, took place at the ...