REJINA Pyo’s Spring/Summer 2022 presentation was set to the backdrop of the London Aquatics Centre. An unexpected yet shockingly grandeur venue to host a fashion show.
The brightly coloured 35 look collectio...
WHETHER a designer is looking forward or reflecting on the unprecedented year, nothing will ever quite be the same.
So, as we stand on the sidelines and watch our lives fall back into place, Levi Palmer and ...
ACROSS the street from The British Museum, inside the gates of Bloomsbury’s Montague Gardens, the Tiger of Sweden SS22 presentation titled Performance, opened with exactly that.
A group of contem...
KIKO Kostadinov gave LFW SS22 a lesson in layering and futuristic footwear. When designing the collection, the designer and sister duo behind the brand – Laura and Deanna Fanning, were inspired by ch...
INSIDE A multistorey car park just off Leister Square, Mark Fast hosted his SS22 runway show at London Fashion Week. Harking back to times gone by, the designer drew from the ‘chaotic magnificence’ of the 90s.
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TEN-DAYS after it was announced that London-based designer Nensi Dojaka had been awarded the prestigious LVMH Prize she opened her first solo show on the London Fashion Week SS22 schedule.
A mast...
AS LOOK four graced the runway, I instantly thought, ‘that looks exactly like my favourite dress as a child’. I still have the dress that I’m referencing hanging in my wardrobe, and I have worn it at a festival...
IN AN ode to the multifaceted nature of swimming costumes and their development over the years, David Koma and his SS22 collection plunged us into the deep end of discovery, opening a dialogue on how swimwear i...
WHILE many designers have drawn inspiration for spring-summer 2022 on this new-found optimism, Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi have reflected on the past year. Unveiling their new collection that takes our co...
AS FASHION week progresses, my words from the past year that emphasised how fashion muted its tone due to the continuous cycle of lockdowns has never been more distant.
The Temperley SS22 show notes begin wi...
NO ONE is more sick of leisurewear than Michael Halpern. The designer, known for feathers, sequins and print can finally breathe as the world he designs for is finally opening back up. Halpern is unapologetical...
RETURNING to the city of Angels, Tom Ford was met with peace. Having spent the past thirty years living in Europe, his decision to move West was met with a change of climate, scenery and aesthetic.
Maybe thi...
OVER the past couple of months, the city of New York has turned its lights back on and the unforgettable buzz of its residents can be heard from day-to-night once again. Founded in the city that never sleeps, f...
IF FASHION is meant to be a form of fantasy, Jeremy Scott indeed wanted us to dream. Presenting a collection soaked in nostalgia from our childhoods, the creative director of Moschino took us back to when days ...
IT WAS a birthday celebration that silenced the extravagance and turned the volume up on decadent fashion. Celebrating their fortieth birthday, Carolina Herrera placed our focus not on their age but on their ex...
WE HAVE all seen that moment in The Devil Wears Prada where Meryl Streep says the well-known line “Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking”. But the characters in that show did not just spend a year-and-a-half quar...
HERE it is. The return to the runway. As New York Fashion Week commences, the old, much-missed buzz of the fashion community once again is felt pulsating through the four big cities, and there is no better bran...
ON THE Île du Grand Gaou, a petit shard of paradise in the south of France, Hedi Slimane’s signature brand of rock and roll indie boy-cool hit full throttle with his latest fashion show for French Maison Celine...
STAGED at an abandoned rail yard in Paris, Givenchy’s gritty SS22 Pre-Collection was an attitude-packed spectacle of Creative Director Matthew M Williams at his best.
A grunge-infused mix of slashed denim, b...
AGAINST the grey skies and twisted metal work of an abandoned train yard, Matthew M Williams, the creative director of Givenchy, presented his first pre-collection for the brand via a film that saw American and...
SPONTANEITY and a hedonistic spirit fuelled Jonathan Anderson’s SS22 men’s collection for Loewe, which comes as the latest instalment in the Creative Director’s immersive do-it-yourself fashion shows.
Chan...