MFW SS15: Bottega Veneta
Bottega Veneta has an outstanding class that brings it to the forefront of the Milan schedule, whatever the season and whatever direction Tomas Maier takes. For he is a designer that shrugs off anything he does...
MFW SS15: Tod’s
Tod’s have given us one of the most formulaic collections in the brief history of MFW SS15 so far, that formula being leather and that formula thriving. For instance, in every form you can possibly imagine, lea...
MFW SS15: Versace
Introducing monotone colouring, Versace opened the show with androgynous tailored suits. The collection drew inspiration from the iconic emblem, which focused on the rectangular pattern to form the design. Lar...
MFW SS15: Missoni
Missoni pulled out all the statement stops this season, not surprising since they are a statement family. So it was up to the family with the timeless eye for patterned beauty to give is something vivacious for...
MFW SS15: Ports 1961
Ports 1961 have done something quite fabulous in Milan this season, invoked a sense of power within their woman while lacing her in the limpest of fabrics. This skilful triumph is all down to Canadian-born crea...
MFW SS15: Etro
There’s been ‘70s revivals in fashion before, but never have they been so concentrated on high-end catwalks and never have they been crammed in to the first two and a half days of MFW. You’ve got to hand it to ...
MFW SS15: Moschino
Once upon a time, everything was perfect, impervious and timeless in a bubblegum pink Barbie world and Moschino gave us the chance to experience that again with its totally dolly motif-full SS15 collection.
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MFW SS15: Max Mara
Using a subtle palette of neutrals, Max Mara decorated the catwalk in a playful print of monochrome. A spin on floral design, singular flowers were inverted in colour and repeated over fabric, mimicking polka d...
MFW SS15: Dsquared2
Dean and Dan Caten’s Dsquared2 follies is something we tune in to every season just to see where their minds have taken them. It’s something we just can’t avoid. Prone to approaching each season with a utterly ...
MFW SS15: Fendi
Given its, as always, luxurious-artisanal craftsmanship, Fendi’s SS15 show literally blossoming this morning at Milan Fashion week.
The geometric lines of AW14 evolved to more structured feather mini-dresses...
MFW SS15: Fausto Puglisi
Fausto Puglisi is a master styliste of short-skirted sex appeal, and what appeals to him more than anything is nostalgia. Not something that many others like to get hung up on, Fausto knows this, but through th...
MFW SS15: Alberta Ferretti
Alberta Ferretti has done what many designers in Milan this season are doing to counterbalance worldwide fashion tastes with euro-glam, looking to soulful 1970s Bohemia for free-spirited luxe. Pushing the stock...
MFW SS15: Gucci
Oozing Italian glamour, the – 90 years legacy – Gucci’s SS15 show at Milan Fashion Week was a flashback to the ‘70s with Asian influences throughout.
Like AW14, the luxury house maintained its sophisticated...
LFW SS15: Christopher Kane
Ranging from regal aubergine to striking cornflower blue, Christopher Kane crafted a collection that speaks to the modern woman. Colours were clean and sharp as he experimented with only five tones, opting for ...
LFW SS15: David Koma
Drafting the new blueprint for the Mugler woman has made David Koma a little bit more thoughtful about re-aligning the Koma woman in comparison. This made for quite an SS15 show. One of London's only designers ...
LFW SS15: Issa
It’s truly lovely when you happen to pick up the elated sound of cheers backstage once each model has done their turn on the catwalk and even before the models get in line for their final walkout. That happened...
LFW SS15: Tom Ford
Tom Ford’s SS15 brings back late-‘90s glam rock style, with an updated dark but bewitching vibe, in his elegant show. Rough, dark and sensual expressed through the primarily black and transparent garments in th...
LFW SS15: Mother of Pearl
This season Mother of Pearl expanded their sport-luxe aesthetic to include more sophisticated garments as well as launching their very first bag collection. Interacting strongly with the arts world, the collect...
LFW SS15: Burberry Prorsum
If anyone's going to give us the biggest and the best, it's Burberry, you can count on fashion polymath Christopher Bailey for that. The Prorsum SS15 show saw The Birds and The Bees inhabit Kensington Gardens, ...
LFW SS15: Whistles
It’s a tricky spot to sit in- half-way between the fast fashions of the high-street, and the luxury of the ready-to-wear realm - and Whistles seems to be one of the few labels to have earned itself a ...
LFW SS15: Temperley London
Alice Temperley is, by her own admission, a woman obsessed with suits. Considering her celebrated brand of feminine romanticism, this may have previously come as a surprise, but for SS15 her love affair with ta...