Vintage can be defined as items of clothing that can pinpoint a Zeitgeist or a past period of fashion. You can see what was happening at the time from the piece.
Vintage is always a hot topic of fashion, and approaching the subject can sometimes feel a little tricky. Here are Lucire’s top tips on how to wear vintage, as written by Roanna Bell
Inspired by imaginary idols
Sarmite Ostanevica is a Latvian-born designer based in London. Lucire’s new London contributor Elina Lukas spoke with Ostanevica about her design and inspiration photographed by the author
Fashions third
dimension Lola Saab talks to Norma Kamali, finding out what inspired
the designer to adopt a three-dimensional theme for her springsummer
2012 collection
A brushstroke on
the runway
Stéphane Rolland took his haute couture inspiration from
Chinese calligraphy, as Lola Saab and Léona d’Huy reveal photographs courtesy Stéphane Rolland