PFW SS21: Givenchy

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
PRONOUNCED as a “sample” of what is to come, Matthew Williams, the newly-appointed creative director of Givenchy, debuted his spring 2021 collection on Sunday, showcasing a seamless interweaving of utility and ...

PFW SS21: Balenciaga

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
MOUTHING along to a cover of Corey Hart’s ‘80s hit Sunglasses at Night, models strode through the rain-sodden streets of Paris dressed in bug-eyed sunglasses and baggy streetwear, debuting Balenciaga’s new spri...

PFW SS21: Ami

Imogen Clark
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
FINDING a silver lining in the middle of the darkness, Ami put the City of Lights in the spotlight this season. Paying homage to its hometown, the men and womenswear spring-summer 2021 collection was presented ...

PFW SS21: Hermès

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
IN A set punctuated by mirrors and winding marble columns splashed with prints of Greco-Roman goddess sculptures, Nadège Vanhee-Cybulski presented an expertly-crafted SS21 collection for Hermès to a small numbe...

PFW SS21: Loewe

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
SPOTLIGHTING the work of talented craftspeople has long been the métier of Jonathan Anderson. Whether it’s through his plethora of collaborations or annual Craft Prize, the 36-year-old Northern Irish designer h...

PFW SS21: Chloé

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
MODELS peppered around the bustling streets of Paris convened on the esplanade of the Palais de Tokyo on Thursday for Natacha Ramsay-Levi’s SS21 collection for Chloé. Broadcast live on three enormous plasma ...

PFW SS21: Dice Kayek

Kate Haselden
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
DICE Kayek’s SS21 collection is presented as a vibrant, carefully choreographed fashion film directed by Marie Schuller. The film opens in a classroom, where three bored students struggle to stay awake – sudden...

PFW SS21: Balmain

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
IN celebration of Balmain’s 75th anniversary, 35-year-old creative director Olivier Rousteing presented a remarkable SS21 collection dripping with 70s glamour, harkening back to the earliest postwar designs of ...

PFW SS21: Ottolinger

Imogen Clark
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
IT IS interesting to see how lockdown changed the way designers approached their latest collection. For Berlin-based Ottolinger, creative directors Cosima Gadient and Christa Bösch started by asking the questio...

PFW SS21: WALES BONNER

Lily Rimmer
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
THE sun is shining. The air is warm. The Essence is rich in heat. As the second in a triptych of collections by Wales Bonner that explores the diasporic connections between Britain and the Caribbean, and the fi...

PFW SS21: Coperni

Joshua Hendren
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
ATOP the towering Tour Montparnasse – the tallest building in Paris – Coperni held the first physical show of Paris Fashion Week. With seats socially-distanced a metre apart, creative directors Arnaud Vailla...

MFW SS21: Valentino

Imogen Clark
Fashion, Fashion Shows, Feature
SEASON upon season, Valentino gives us a slice of wonderland reigniting the belief that fashion is magical. With each collection, Creative Director Pierpaolo Piccioli gives us a fashion fantasy, and there has b...