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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
London Fashion Week autumn–winter 2011–12: J. JS Lee and the designer exhibition
Maurice Luckett is shooting the main catwalk shows at London Fashion Week, while our long-time photographer Doug Rimington has headed to the exhibition. Doug’s shots from the exhibition are below, and with the forthcoming catwalk images, give us a fuller picture of what’s happening at London Fashion Week for autumn–winter 2011–12. We’ve also some […]
We’ve more from London Fashion Week, with videos straight from the catwalk. Below are catwalk videos from the autumn–winter 2011–12 collections of: Charles Anastase; Issa—one of Kate Middleton’s favourites; John Rocha; Kinder Aggugini; House of Holland; and Jonathan Saunders. The best of the students’ work at Central St Martin’s also appears in a […]
A glimpse at our New York Fashion Week fall 2011 coverage
Here are some of Stephen Ciuccoli’s early shots from New York Fashion Week’s fall 2011 shows, pending our more in-depth article. First up is Gary Graham’s collection: From Victor de Souza’s fall 2011 catwalk show, the following day: And from one of our favourites, Vivienne Tam: You may also like New York Fashion […]
Bon & Zai’s contemporary cashmere; interviewing the woman behind Bulgari’s exhibition
Bon & Zai has entered the Swiss market after reporting success in the French Alps and London. The contemporary cashmere label, founded by Nancy Cravero and Isabel Morillo last autumn, will sell to Swiss and European customers online at www.bonandzai.com. Cravero and Morillo have backgrounds in finance and fashion, and collaborate on all the […]
Celebrating Sweden at Berlin Fashion Week
While we await more catwalk images from Mercedes-Benz Berlin Fashion Week, we have some videos from the Swedish presence at the event. Three designers, two academics, one photo exhibition and hours of avant-garde fashion films were showcased around Berlin during the January event. The designers, Camilla Norrback—known for her sustainable fashion and her […]
TAFE Sydney’s Fashion Design Studio shows end-of-year parades
Above Alison Parker, Tina Johnson and Lauren Mitchell. TAFE Sydney’s Fashion Design Studio’s 2010 end-of-year parades were held on November 17 at the Carriageworks, featuring over 100 outfits from all three stages of the Studio’s course. The judges of the competition—designers Marnie Skillings, Gary Bigeni, Friedrich Gray’s Ben Pollitt, and the (Australian) Sunday Telegraph […]
