PMFW18: Hermès

THE orange flicker of roaring flames upon the black Parisian sky created the perfect backdrop for the Hermès Fall 2018 menswear show. In a medieval fantasy – the Hermès models graced the cobbled runway of an ol...

PFW18: Schiaparelli

OPENING Paris couture fashion week and locating in the Schiaparelli atelier, Bertrand Guyon began showcasing outfits suitable for the everyday women with no compromise on elegance. Aligning with popular SS18 tr...
Iris Van Herpen SS18

PFW18: Iris van Herpen

DEVOTED to the future of fashion, Iris Van Herpen’s SS18 Couture collection continues to pioneer modern materials, giving us an insight of what’s next for the fashion industry. Throughout the entirety of her ca...
Kenzo AW18

PFW18: Kenzo

TAKING grandpa chic to a whole new level, Kenzo’s AW18 collection tapped into another generation for their menswear inspiration. High waisted checked trousers and cropped sweater vests opened Kenzo’s first mixe...

PFW SS18: Chanel

MORE typical of a Parisian summer day, the sun shone exceptionally strong on Grand Palais this week. The Chanel-clad ladies who queued up for the show seemed to regret their choice of wool-tweed jackets and qui...

PFW SS18: Louis Vuitton

SITUATED at the Louvre’s Pavillon de l’Horloge in Paris, creative director, Nicolas Ghesquière, debuted his Louis Vuitton SS18 collection as PFW concluded.   Under Ghesquière’s guidance, Louis Vuitton is th...
ACNE studios SS18

PFW SS18: Acne Studios

AN ECLECTIC MIX of patterns, pastels, silks and suits makes for an Acne Studios SS18 that is thrift- shop chic, a mix-and-match jumble of modes. Sampling the ‘70s through pinstripes, snakeskin flairs and high-s...
Balenciaga SS18

PFW SS18: Balenciaga

MORE is more at the Balenciaga SS18 show. Firstly, to discuss the unexpected Croc’s collaboration … although likely to be seen styled out by Rihanna somewhere, somehow, this is perhaps taking the ugly shoe tren...

PFW SS18: Chloé

ANOTHER fashion house hosting a designer debut this season is Chloé, joining Jil Sander, Givenchy where Chloé’s former creative director Clare Waight Keller is premiering, and Lanvin. Natacha Ramsay-Levi, the f...

PFW SS18: Dries Van Noten

THIS was a truly “Dries Van Noten” collection full of prints, textures and art references such as Picasso’s Femmes à leur toilette painting from 1938 employing the technique of collaging using an eclectic mix o...
OFF WHITE SS18

PFW SS18: Off-White

PRINCESS DIANA, muse to many, missed by most. Princess Diana, muse to Virgil Abloh, inspiration for Off-White's SS18 collection. Potentially the biggest risk-taking hybridising of styles of the current decade t...

PFW AW17: Louis Vuitton

THE inspiration behind Nicolas Ghesquière’s AW17 collection for Louis Vuitton was all about blurring the lines and mixing up opposites. Blending the urban  with the countryside and folklore, heritage with the f...

PFW AW17: Mugler

DAVID Koma is now designing entirely for a Mugler woman that is very much à la mode. At Paris Fashion Week this season the brand’s creative director was finally able to delve into the house’s essence and resurr...

PFW AW17: Balenciaga

DEMNA Gvasalia continued his rule of the roost in matters of cool at the Balenciaga AW17 catwalk show in Paris. Starting with a bang by warping clothing directly on the body, cumbersome leather and woollen chec...

PFW AW17: Céline

SIMPLE. Wearable. Powerful. Those are the key words with which we could describe Phoebe Philo’s AW17 collection for Céline. As Philo is against press releases and refuses to give interviews post-show, we are al...