MFW SS17: Fendi
KARL Lagerfeld the savant has long been a sort of sage to fashion no matter which atelier he commandeers creative control over. This was seen in his SS17 collection for Fendi where the designer showed us what i...
MFW SS17: Gucci
PLUSH and pink was the setting for Alessandro Michele’s SS17 Gucci offering, in a showy show that flirted with all the trimmings of a Wes Anderson-ian fairytale. As the star of the collection, the clothing took...
NYFW SS17: Zac Posen
IT’S a safe bet that Zac Posen is going to give unadulterated elegance to all that he graces in life. In his atelier this season that started with rounded day suits resting softly on the body and then, in a tac...
LFW SS17: Antonio Berardi
EVEN though Antonio Berardi stated that there was no specific reference or inspiration behind his SS17 collection, it was rather revisiting ideas “previously discarded or forgotten”, there was a big focus on th...
LFW SS17: Paula Knorr
FOR Paula Knorr, a newcomer to LFW supported by Topshop’s Newgen scheme for young designers, the female body is a canvas to draw upon. Literally. Her SS17 collection, presented at the ICA, was full of pieces fe...
LFW SS17: House of Holland
WHEN one thinks of House of Holland, their kooky, crazy, over the top head-to-toe patterns come to mind. As does their sense of fun and youth, and that's an aesthetic they’ve only continued to build on for SS17...
LFW SS17: Belstaff
A BELSTAFF presentation is always more like a party – a civilized soiree that is. The SS17 event was no different. The venue was buzzing, fashion crowd was standing in groups chatting away and sipping on cockta...
LFW SS17: Margaret Howell
MARGARET Howell presented a collection perfect for a relaxed British summer, in keeping with her casual and simple style. Walking around the house and garden in flat suede sandals with laces, cashmere hot-pants...
LFW SS17: Mother of Pearl
AT Mother of Pearl’s SS17 show, set in the Christ Church at Spitalfields, the current ‘80s trend showed no sign of fading as the era was Amy Powney’s main source of inspiration for this collection. But as she a...
LFW SS17: Jasper Conran
WITH his SS17 collection, Jasper Conran, presenting an offering of nothing but dresses, screamed, elegantly of course, summer holiday. This was something Tilda Swinton could have added to her Sicily getaway go...
LFW SS17: PPQ
THIS summer it seemed that Greece was the main holiday destination of choice. Next year, we will be packing our espadrilles for Spain. At least according to Amy Molyneaux and Percy Parker of PPQ as their SS17 s...
LFW SS17: Ong-Oaj Pairam
THE girls started strolling down the shiny black runway in the shape of a massive ink spillage to Dolly Parton’s famous track Jolene at Ong-Oaj Pairam’s SS17 show. And that set the mood of the whole collection....
NYFW SS17: Diane Von Furstenberg
IT is not easy to slip into the shoes of Diane Von Fustenberg (and Council of Fashion Designers of America president, incidentally), but Scottish-born designer Jonathan Saunders – who closed his London-based br...
NYFW SS17: Altuzarra
GINGHAM habitué, French-born designer Joseph Altuzarra has pushed the summer boundaries a little bit further this season.
Indeed SS17 at Altuzarra will be highly fruitified in motif (lemons, pineappl...
Bottega Veneta to host anniversaries show at Accademia Di Bella Arti Di Brera in Milan.
BOTTEGA Veneta is to host a show at Accademia Di Bella Arti Di Brera in Milan to celebrate its 50th anniversary as a luxury fashion brand as well as Tomas Maier ’s 15th anniversary as creative director at the ...
LC:M SS17 – Backstage with Fudge Professional at Sibling
SIBLING’s SS17 male models are Roman God meets beach boy: an archetypal masculine hair look created by Tina Outen and Fudge Professional. Tina Outen proved that short, sexy curls are made, not born, using Fudge...
OH BOY! London-based youth fashion brand BOY London celebrates its 40th year
RATHER than fade into obsolescence as so many edgy labels do after a few decades, youth fashion brand BOY London made the mature transition from urban to urbane with the launch of a premium line collection to c...
LC:M SS17: Private White V.C.
THIS season Mayfair-based Manchester-made menswear brand Private White V.C. set about creating a SS17 wardrobe of informal jet-set luxury to be carted around the world in finely crafted trunks by the baggage ha...
LC:M SS17: Chester Barrie
STAGING a customarily glittering presentation in the imposing Palm Court of The Waldorf Hotel in central London for London Collections: Men was Savile Row showstoppers Chester Barrie. Boasting a special surpris...