PFW AW14: Dior
Raf Simons hosted Dior’s AW14 high profile catwalk show at the Musée Rodin during Paris Fashion Week. His collection followed the theme of City Lights which showcased strong and determined women living a fast ...
PFW AW14: Vanessa Bruno
There was definitely something wintery missing from Vanessa Bruno’s show at Paris Fashion Week. For the Parisienne designer, AW14, was played as a pre-collection of the cold yet to come.
The looks were ma...
PFW AW14: Yang Li
Branded as a technician, working and reworking fit and structure to create, Yang Li presented an ambitious, structural collection for Fall 2014 Ready to Wear. Dotted with commercially viable menswear ...
PFW AW14 : Maison Martin Margiela
Sleek, fluid tweed strode down the Maison Martin Margiela AW 2014 Ready to Wear runway. The collection was by far not entirely in grandpa’s fabric, but the design team used Harris Tweed (in name and in pattern)...
Harry Winston: The King of Diamonds
Today is the birthday of Harry Winston. And in celebration of the late jeweller and collector, his legacy is shared in a short film.
Above all else, Mr Winston is remembered as a man who knew his diamonds. I...
PFW AW14: Nina Ricci
Peter Copping, heritor appropriate at Nina Ricci, who, going by the splendid throng of garments this season, fits into the feminine mould quite impeccably, provisioning the kind of heart and soul that the label...
Luxembourg and Dayan presents Thick Paint – an exhibition of works by Jean Fautrier, Franz West, and Zhu Jinshi
The New York gallery Luxembourg and Dayan will present Thick Paint, a collection of works by Jean Fautrier (1898-1964), Franz West (1947-2012), and Zhu Jinshi (b 1954) this month. Despite originating from dram...
PFW AW14: Isabel Marant
Isabel Marant collections never disappoint and always seem to have an all-together coherence with the previous ones. At Paris Fashion Week, for Autumn-Winter 2014, the effortless-chic parisienne brand presented...
PFW AW14: Balmain
For Olivier Rousteing this season doing what one does best is a noble gesture, something which designers should, by all means, always aim to sustain more often, henceforth, Balmain’s formidable jungle warrior e...
PFW AW14: Rochas
It appeared as though a bag of Christmas ornaments exploded over the collection of oversized coats, dresses, and sweaters at Rochas this season . The mix of detailing included peplums, jewels, floral prints, ...
PFW AW14: Ann Demeulemeester
Perhaps the best thing about rock and roll fashion is its sheer ambiguity. Except for its notable edge, mens’ and womens’ wear cannot be differentiated. A rocker T is a rocker T, and a black leather jacket with...
PFW AW14: Balenciaga
Balenciaga kicked off another day for Paris Fashion Week with a bright and early 9am catwalk show. This is the third year Alexander Wang has worked as Creative Director for this prestigious fashion house.
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PFW AW14: Rick Owens
He may not claim it, and perhaps he’d shy away from it, but Rick Owens’ AW 2014 Ready to Wear collection draws from the most esteemed of American cultural icons. The proverbial American in Paris, Owens seems to...
Peeping Tech – The ASAP54 Premonition
Personal shoppers are often a fanciful, usually unobtainable, luxury for most, but now thanks to the new app ASAP54, you can treat yourself to your very own stylist and get a crafty edge on the competition, wit...
PFW AW14: Vionnet
It was “tulipomania” at Vionnet this season, almost to the extent of that great Dutch tulip bubble of 1637, almost. Nonetheless, it’s clear that Goga Ashkenazi wants to syphon the horticultural motif into the V...
PFW AW14: Gareth Pugh
Paris is the perfect playground for Pugh, always ready to indulge his conceptual vision and sleek, innovative approach to fashion. This season he went all white – a stark contrast to his usual display of black ...
PFW 2014: Dries Van Noten
For a man who claims to not worry about creating unwearable art, Dries Van Noten’s Autumn 2014 collection elevates wearable pieces to refined art. Practically on the eve of his show opening in the Musée des Art...
PFW AW14: Corrie Nielsen
A fixed presence at London Fashion Week for the past six seasons, Corrie Nielsen chose to debut her latest collection in Paris for AW 2014. Inspired by the arts and literature, the US-born, UK-trained designer ...
MFW AW14: Missoni
Autumn colours with shards of blue and green created this outdoorsy escapade. The pieces on show in Missoni’s AW14 collection were all variations of knitwear with some use of tweed mixed throughout. It appear...
MFW AW14: Giorgio Armani
Grey - classic, clean, but in the wrong hands it can easily become bland, and this season Giorgio Armani made the decision to base his whole collection upon the run-of-the-mill hue, fabric wise, he chose, above...
MFW AW14: MSGM
Massimo Giorgetti revealed a colourful collection in a wide variety of textiles in Milan this week and MSGM’s signature markings were scattered throughout the many subthemes running through its AW14 offering, l...