PFW SS22: Cecilie Bahnsen
FASHION season after fashion season Cecilie Bahnsen continues to design collections that instil joy into the fashion calendar – SS22 is no exception. The Danish designer debuted her new collection during Paris ...
PFW SS22: Lanvin
WHEN a designer takes the reins of a fashion house over there is a fundamental task ahead of them. How do you bring the past to the present whilst also putting your own touch on it? For creative director Bruno ...
PFW SS22: Schiaparelli
FOR MANY fashion is fantasy. It should make you dream of a world more decadent than the one we have around us, one that pushes boundaries and allows for room for all. Schiaparelli is that fantasy.
It is fash...
PFW SS22: Loewe
AFTER 18 months of showcasing his fantastical designs as immersive shows-in-a-box for his JW Anderson brand and Loewe, creative mastermind Jonathan Anderson returned to the catwalk for SS22, debuting an experim...
PFW SS22: Valentino
A CHANGE of perspective was inevitable. But for Pierpaolo Piccioli, he decided to look at the process and rewind. Ideas become sketches in the studio which in turn manifest themselves onto mannequins in atelier...
PFW SS22: Heliot Emil
PERMANENT Metamorphosis is the name of Heliot Emil’s SS22 collection designed by Julius Juul. The collection debuted on the first day of Paris fashion week via a film directed by Maria Ines Afonso.
For the ...
PFW SS22: Balmain
MARKING a decade as creative director of Balmain, Oliver Rousteing has revolutionised the French fashion house helping it become of one of the leaders in the industry once again. In 2011, at the young age of 25...
PFW SS22: Coperni
AFTER last season's runway show that was held in a drive-thru, the pressure was on for design duo Arnaud Vaillant and Sébastien Meyer to one-up arguably the show of Paris Fashion Week. Dedicating the previous c...
PFW SS22: Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello
AS DAY transitioned into night, the return of Anthony Vaccarello’s Saint Laurent to the Eiffel Tower marked the ultimate homecoming of Paris Fashion Week. But, this idea of coming back to the familiar stretched...
PFW SS22: Dior
PARIS Fashion Week is back – bolder and better than ever. After the fashion world retreated to mainly digital showcasing for a year over the pandemic, the style set has returned to the front rows for SS22, with...
PFW SS22: Marine Serre
“FASHION is about more than draping fabric and making a profit, it can be a place where we are free to take meaningful action,” Marine Serre noted in the show notes for her SS22 collection titled Fichu pour Fic...
Looking back at LFW SS22: Yuhan Wang
PRESENTED at the NEWGEN in partnership with TikTok event space at the Old Selfridges Hotel – the Yuhan Wang SS22 collection acted as an elegy to both the strength and vulnerability of women. Central Saint Mart...
MFW SS22: Dsquared2
THE Dsquared2 film presentation opens with models cloaked in the SS22 collection recklessly graffiti-ing plastic sheets in an abandoned warehouse. This scene perfectly set the mood for the “fairytale grunge” 3...
MFW SS22: Emporio Armani
EMPORIO Armani for Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2022 created a 120 look collection. The collection boasts an extensive colour palette starting with various shades of navy and patchwork denim and finishing ...
MFW SS22: Brunello Cucinelli
RUNNING a mile away from the idea of “only strictly necessary”, Brunello Cucinelli has returned to Milan Fashion Week with the distinctive mindset to dress up. Bringing together influences from glamour, a conte...
MFW SS22: Prada
THE WORD seduction has a multitude of meanings. From persuasion with the intention of leading astray, to false promises and the inevitable sexual connotations, the term goes beyond the verbal and into physical....
MFW SS22: Tod’s
WALTER Chiapponi, known for his impeccable taste and sensual, feminine designs, brought a distinctively tomboyish feel to Tod’s this season. The Italian fashion house’s SS22 show, presented at Milan’s Contempor...
MFW SS22: Jil Sander
THIS SEASON is all about rebirth. It is clear that designers are awakening into a new world, some are taking the roaring twenties approach fuelled with optimism and hope, while others are more realistic taking ...
MFW SS22: Fendi
THERE is an excitement in the Italian air. Maybe it’s the return to Milan Fashion Week, the sight of familiar faces or the buzz that Kim Jones is continually able to create surrounding his next collection. Thou...
MFW SS22: Alberta Ferretti
IT IS about living in the present for Alberta Ferretti. It is what she believes is inherently feminine whilst remaining grounded to who you are. But during a time where predictability is far from reach, we have...
LFW SS22: Erdem
AT SOME point in a designer’s career the city that they live in takes control of their creative inspiration. The dirty streets become romantic once again and the pollution acts like a foreign perfume seducing y...