PFW AW15: Alexander McQueen
This season in Paris Sarah Burton’s reminiscent recollection of a very McQueen-ian Victorian romance was a safe bet to ensure another agreeable collection. For all the admittedly glorious grandiose touches, isn...
PFW AW15: Chanel
At Chanel this season Karl Lagerfeld’s interpretation of the lady of the maison was once again suitably and sometimes unconventionally app. Befitting her with all her accoutrements and gilt-edged buttons, ...
PFW AW15: Akris
Akris’ Albert Kreimier is perhaps one of the best examples of a designer who understands that minimalist chic doesn’t have to be all style and no substance. This season in Paris he accentuated his tricks of the...
PFW AW15: Hermès
Hermès AW15 outing this season didn’t just mean another line-up of infinitely chic garments it meant a new creative director, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski, some more diverse sartorial ideas and the reeling in of time...
Haute Couture Spring 2015: Jean Paul Gaultier
Following his grand departure from prêt-a-porter as we know it, Jean Paul Gaultier wanted to treat us to a couture collection to covet. 63 pieces along, that he certainly did. Drifting between the couture that ...
Haute Couture Spring 2015: Armani Privé
For many designers who deal in classic romanticised fashion, Orientalism is a force that holds an enigma that is untouched. Gargantuan shoots of bamboo pierced through the elevated catwalk and led the way for t...
Paris Menswear AW15: Dior Homme
Dior began the AW15 show by showcasing a variety of smart tuxedos; focusing on typical masculine design the collection presented the development of the suit.
The youthful edge of preppy badges with floral de...
Haute Couture Spring 2015: Alexis Mabille
What makes Alexis Mabille such a respected couturier is the detail he puts into everything that is associated with his name. As equally attracted to the appearance of a model’s face as he is to her gown, Mabill...
Paris Menswear AW15 : Hermes
Hermes menswear AW15 in Paris presented a show of symmetry, elegance, and simple finesse with classy and casual garments with clean refined lines.
To commence, boys walked in classic tuxedos in grey, blue an...
Paris Menswear AW15: Maison Margiela
Opening the collection with a variety of leather looks, Margiela displayed both bold and subtle uses of the fabric, ranging from teal trench coats to black trousers. A consistent theme was oversized garments, b...
Paris Menswear AW15: Lanvin
Lanvin are perhaps better equipped to do this season’s ubiquitous approach to understated luxury than any other menswear offshoot brand out there. There is something about their brand identity that says dark br...
Paris Menswear AW15: Paul Smith
It’s good to see a designer at the helm of his eponymous house still staking claim to the designs that it presents to its consumer, especially in the case of British formal menswear mainstay Paul Smith. Flaunti...
Paris Menswear AW15: Dries Van Noten
Menswear is earning itself a reputation for being more innovative than its feminine counterpart, that it's taking more risks and becoming an art form in itself. But Dries Van Noten’s autumn collection seems to ...
Paris Menswear AW15: Kenzo
Offering up something that is so unmistakably Kenzo, Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have stuck to the style choices that have made the brand flourish under their direction. Toying with the same curiosity for utili...
Paris Menswear AW15: Junya Watanabe
Putting on his latest menswear presentation at the Place Vendôme, Junya Watanabe made it clear early on that this season would be about style and out came the statement suits and not much else. Of course, the r...
Paris Menswear AW15: Comme Des Garçons
At Comme Des Garçons Rei Kawakubo has a wonderful knack for doing avant-garde with just a little dash of vaguely droll distinction and in a way that doesn't come off too overblown. Uniquely constructed Bermuda ...
Paris Menswear AW15: Berluti
It’s not so much that they are few and far between but that they aren’t always done to such a standard, so when a collection explodes onto the menswear show schedule that just exudes luxury craftsmanship every ...
Paris menswear AW15: Givenchy
Givenchy AW15 menswear brought together angels and witches in a dark show filled with mystical forces in Paris. Fire red juxtaposed with black fabrics, religious accessories, skulls and tribes, ghostly masks, s...
Paris Menswear AW15: Cerruti 1881 Paris
Masters of the sartorial sophistication, Cerruti 1881 Paris have staged a grand effort in fusing formalwear and sporty utility-wear to maximum effect. It was creative director Aldo Maria Camillo’s job to do so ...
Paris Menswear AW15: Louis Vuitton
The overcast skies above Parc André Citroën in Paris early yesterday afternoon shrouded Kim Jones’ latest offering for the house of Vuitton in a sobering dank grey. When a melancholic deconstructed version of M...
Paris Menswear AW15: Yohji Yamamoto
Even the bruised, battered and scarred faces of Yamamoto’s brooding men didn’t deflect any attention away from the mastery of his oily black tailoring and for any designer, that is quite a feat. This season in ...