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...
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...
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...
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...
WHEN Off-White’s chief creative Virgil Abloh announced that he would not be attending this season’s Paris Fashion Week due to unspecified health reasons, fashion acolytes all over the world were understandably ...
IN response to the current mania of modern-day life, Maison Margiela explores the concept of control and uniform in their SS20 collection at PFW.
Set in an austere-looking 19th century hall, the background ...
IN THE fashion industry at present, the source of the materials are becoming almost as important as the designs themselves, in the push for sustainability and environmental awareness, French designer Marine Ser...
SCULPTURE and architecture were integral to Christian Dior’s work, and the Men's Summer 2020 collection under the artistic direction of Kim Jones pays homage to the long-standing legacy of the fashion House. In...
The French fashion house, Louis Vuitton, focuses on luxury garments and leather accessories, and their iconic monogrammatic print and use of only the finest materials make for collections that are always irresi...
THE highlight of every Paris Fashion Week is the Chanel show. Season after season it transports the audience to exquisitely designed settings. This year, history was made with the late Karl Lagerfeld’s final co...
FOR THE Giambattista Valli girl, the words “over the top” come across as something more flattering than offensive. Contrary to the sleek minimalism of the set, the collection delivered flamboyance and conspicui...
DEBUTING their AW19 collection last week against a naked alphabet, Dior paid ode to one of the most provocative Italian artists of the 20th century. A reinvention of Tomaso Binga’s 1976 Living Writing, the femi...
FIERCE, yet clean, Balenciaga brought us the “the real Parisian of today” to the scene. With a runway lacking distractions, the collection stood its own ground: silhouettes were modelled down the runway, celebr...
RENOWNED for her ultra-feminine and futuristic design, MASHAMA explores the possibilities of 1990s grunge aesthetic in her AW19 collection at PFW. Defined by the fine details, from lace panelling to ruching, MA...
WITH NOT an ounce of tedium or ennui, Ann Demeulemeester showcased a collection of loose, flowing, shamanic silhouettes in cabochon colours. Stepping away from their previous, signature monochrome black collect...
KENZO is known for its extravagant colours and designs, for its great advertising campaigns and intriguing short films, but most importantly for being overall one of the most beautifully non-conforming, unapolo...
FEMININITY and the Parisian spirit is embodied in Chloé’s most recent AW19 runway collection. Encapsulating the essence of everything Chloé, we were given ruffles, lace trims and an updated Tess bag, the true P...
RENOWNED for their non-conformist attitude, Finnish fashion house Aalto transcends the regular in their AW19 collection. Ultra-psychedelic with elements of French refinement, the collection interweaves club and...
WITH a mismatch of different influences, from east Asian style to the football, Koché showcases their playfully conceptual AW19 collection at PFW, in collaboration with Nike. Debuting a new sense of glamour, in...
TO BE unconventional means to explore the unfamiliar, to push boundaries and to attempt to do something differently. French fashion house Christian Dior has always prided itself on its unconventionality, stemmi...
A TRIUMPH of intrepid colour, a flurry of watercolour chiffon and a homage to everything we love about Valentino, Pierpaolo Piccioli created a walking garden in the salons of Salomon Rothschild’s former townhou...