London Fashion Week: from Mary Katrantzou’s opulence to Ashish Gupta’s sequinned Britain
Marios Schwab took the art of broguing on to clothing as opposed to shoes, using the technique on leather dresses, and used pearls around necklines and busts to continue the theme. We liked the use of leather throughout this collection, on black coats and deep red trousers, all done tastefully. Irwin & Jordan actually […]
Giles, Julien Macdonald, Mark Fast, Basso & Brooke and Erdem evoke confidence for autumn
Giles showed a strong collection yesterday at London Fashion Week, a case of a confident designer—Giles Deacon—creating for confident women. Deacon was not afraid to be bold, with his use of blacks and whites, feathers, corsetry, and fresco prints. Julien Macdonald’s show, inspired by actress Juliette Lewis, at One Mayfair upped the glamour stakes, […]
Christchurch earthquake update (current to Wednesday 1.43 p.m. GMT)
The emergency in Christchurch, after a 6·3-scale earthquake at 12.51 p.m. NZDT today, has all of us deeply worried for our friends there, especially with news of fatalities. Here’s what you can consider: New Zealand Red Cross is accepting donations. The New Zealand Blood Service website was down when we visited, but Fairfax […]
Videos from BMW’s i sub-brand launch
BMW’s sub-brand will be called i, in lowercase, as many predicted prior to the announcement in München yesterday. Unlike at Hyundai, BMW’s i initial will be used to denote models based around BMW’s LifeDrive architecture, featuring an aluminium chassis housing the powertrain and a passenger cell made with lightweight carbonfibre-reinforced plastic. The first models […]
Kate Bosworth, Mario Testino and other celebrities arrive at Burberry
Burberry Prorsum’s autumn–winter 2011–12 spectacle at Hyde Park saw celebrities such as Kate Bosworth and Rachel Bilson attend, while ITN gets a quotation from model Douglas Booth on the Britishness of the label. Photographer Mario Testino, meanwhile, gives a brief comment about HRH Prince William and his fiancée Kate Middleton, saying that they are […]
Sam Cam, Burberry Prorsum and Pringle of Scotland lift moods at London Fashion Week’s busiest day
The busiest day at London Fashion Week saw David Koma, Holly Fulton, Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, Pringle of Scotland, Michael van der Ham, Todd Lynn, Paul Smith and Burberry Prorsum. The wife of the PM, Samantha Cameron, as ambassador for the British Fashion Council, was in the audience at David Koma and Holly Fulton. […]
Other angles on Unique and Matthew Williamson at London Fashion Week
ITN has its take on the Topshop Unique show—hinting that the Cruella de Vil inspiration was a dig at Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Not really a conclusion we were drawn to make ourselves. Matthew Williamson is known for his celebrity friends, and Yasmin Le Bon, Twiggy and Poppy Delevigne reveal some personal secrets about […]
Volvo and Vattenfall to show V60 diesel plug-in hybrid at Genève
Power company Vattenfall and Volvo have already cooperated on electric versions of the C30 and V70. The latest model, the V60 plug-in hybrid, which will be shown at the Salon de Genève on March 1, uses a diesel engine to complement the electric motor, and can be run in all-electric, hybrid or all-diesel modes. […]
Nicole Farhi’s autumn–winter 2011–12 collection, shown Sunday night at the Royal Opera House, had dark shades and masculine cuts, designed for a confident woman. The tailoring and styling were top-notch, something one can depend on from this designer. If only it were that clear at Unique: Louise Gray’s dots we could understand, but dalmatian-print […]
Jasper Conran, Antonio Berardi, Mulberry and others wow at London Fashion Week
Further videos from London Fashion Week include footage from the autumn–winter 2011–12 shows of Jasper Conran, Louise Gray, Margaret Howell, Acne, Antonio Berardi and Mulberry. Conran blended east and west, continuing the trend of head wraps and scarves that began emerging in spring. Gray went dotty, tapping into the same inspiration that Marc Jacobs […]
