Milan Menswear SS16: Dsquared²
Dsquared² was one of the last shows in Milan this week, and they certainly ended it on a colourful note. Dan and Dean Caten are widely known for their pushing-the-envelope style. And this season was no exceptio...
Milan Menswear SS16: Vivienne Westwood
Standing ragged and bold, the Vivienne Westwood show stripped back to basics in an almost primal display of man meets fashion. Telling a very visual story, the dishevelled models opened the show with minimal, s...
Milan Menswear SS16: Gucci
If you’re feeling bohemian like Gucci SS16, this is going to be a collection that you will adore. Creative director Alessandro Michele input this season, all frilly lace, patchouli-soaked prints and romanticise...
Milan Menswear SS16: Prada
If there's one thing to expect from a Prada show, it’s the unexpected. The fashion schedule’s most forward-thinking intellectual, her offering never slots neatly into a predetermined trend, or slips nicely into...
Issa Resort 2016
Issa London’s statement new resort 2016 collection is a welcome representation of the brand’s ongoing shift towards a more luxuriant womanliness, now in the capable hands of creative director Jamie O’Hare. For ...
Milan Menswear SS16: Versace
At Versace this season Donatella didn’t alter her ideal man too drastically but emphasised one detail in particular – length is important. And so it was. Cue elongated silhouettes which extended the end of each...
Milan Menswear SS16: Bottega Veneta
Bottega’s acclaimed Tomas Maier went on a journey for menswear this season in Milan and the house’s sartorial spirit meant that utility usurped all else. Functioning as a stylish uniform for the...
Milan Menswear SS16: Dolce & Gabbana
Dolce and Gabbana’s lavish SS16 menswear smorgasbord was evidence that, to Domenico and Stefano at least, Sicily is a cultural reference point that just keeps on giving. Far from the duo’s last Sicilian-centred...
Milan Menswear SS16: Salvatore Ferragamo
In Milan this season Salvatore Ferragamo built their latest menswear collection around strong graphic motifs and rendered this choice superbly thanks to the fine leather-based craftsmanship they are known far a...
Milan Menswear SS16: Calvin Klein Collection
Calvin Klein kept SS16 as sporty chic as usual for the house that made high fashion universally cool with an iconically understated concept of luxury. Aside from the usual safe minimalism for men, creative dire...
Milan Menswear SS16: Ermenegildo Zegna
As one of leading menswear houses in Europe, Ermenegildo Zegna’s aura of cool is usually untouchable from season to season. For SS16, that is no understatement. Thanks to the smart luxury eye of Stefano Pilati ...
Blow Up at Parafin Gallery, London
Throughout July and August, Parafin gallery are holding the aptly named exhibition, Blow Up. In its exploration of the landscape of contemporary painting, the show identifies the relationship between painting, ...
The Las Vegas Lift-Off Film Festival rumbles into view
Las Vegas is shifting into gear in preparation for the eagerly awaited Lift-Off Film Festival, which will be rolling into town for four days on Wednesday June 24. The self-styled “entertainment capital of th...
London Collections Men SS16: Burberry Prorsum
At Buberry this season Christopher Bailey let loose his artisanal side for a more romanticised collection. Evolving the brand itself further, the introduction of heavy usage of lace paved the way for a seasonal...
London Collections Men SS16: Chester Barrie
To make their mark at LCM this season, esteemed gentlemen’s tailor Chester Barrie took over the Private Room at The Ivy for an altogether exquisite showcase of their latest collection. Dashing models played the...
London Collections Men SS16: Alexander McQueen
When it comes to McQueen’s menswear, it is always a good option to establish a strong narrative. And for SS16 that’s just what Sarah Burton has done. Pushing the boat out well and truly, the team went nautical ...
London Collections Men SS16: Sibling
Sibling was on steroids this season and in Americano super-jock galore in what was another suitably iconoclastic exercise in subversion. Playing hard ball, the acclaimed trio looked to the all-American juicehea...
London Collections Men SS16: James Long
London’s menswear style-shaper James Long approached this season with the intention of putting together an uber-cool uniform for the art student with a penchant for the wilder side of life. Layering a cacophony...
London Collections Men SS16: Richard James
Richard James’ Toby Lamb answered the call of the tropics this season in what was probably one of the most vividly summery collections across the board in London. Drawing on the Savile Row frontrunner’s links w...
London Collections Men SS16: Gieves & Hawkes
This season at No 1 Savile Row the well-suited stuff of legends, Gieves & Hawkes, have attempted to stage a transition that corresponds with the increasingly fashionable preference for dressing “casually” o...
Magic potions
A hardworking serum or oil should be part of anyone’s skincare regime. Unlike moisturiser which looks after the skin’s surface, serum is designed to be absorbed by the deeper layers of the skin to pl...