February 2016

Missoni is a label all about luxury and natty knits, which have become something of a synonym for luxe with comfort, a bit of stretch. A certain ease. Missoni are experts, and this season Angela Missoni revelled in her family

Military, Victorian and Samurai. What’ve they got in common? Well, in fashion terms, they all share a fierce bit of fabric manipulation, a love of sharp cuts, and a dose of embroidered pomp and circumstance. Oh, and they formed the

The word shoe rhymes quite well with the word “faboo,” an abbreviation of “fabulous” to be uttered when something is quite so fabulous the breath is literally extracted from your body like a dehumidifier sucking moisture out of the damp

Sequins and spots, checks and pleats, ruffles, bows, Antonio Lopez and the crazy, multi-patterned ceramics of the artist Betty Woodman. All were joyously, chaotically meshed together in Massimo Giorgetti’s MSGM collection. He called it “Interlude,” which made us think of

Fashion is kind of a fairytale - you put on a beautiful dress, and become transformed. Then you kiss a prince and live happily ever after. Oh wait, that’s Kate Middleton’s wedding. But anyway. Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were

Sleeves are huge at Marni. Literally and ideologically. They tended to balloon below the elbow, like a reversed leg-of-mutton, which sounds a bit like a dog yoga move but is actually a sleeve that poufs about the forearm and makes

Mr Philipp Plein doesn’t believe in doing things by halves. You remember those spectacular nineties shows packed with pyrotechnics and supermodels? Well, add in some monster trucks and a live musical performance each season, and you’ll get the backdrop Philipp

Ports 1961 creative director Natasa Cagalj made her catwalk debut after a couple of seasons presenting quietly in the company’s showroom. A London trained Central Saint Martins graduate, she made a splash with a sleek sense of the minimal, keyed

Gorgeous and graphic. We love a bit of the clean, lean Jil Sander stuff. We like to think the Jil Sander heroine is called something with lots of those dots and dashes and slashes as accents, like Simønë Smörgåsbor, and

Tomas Maier is a very clever man - who showed a very clever Bottega Veneta collection for winter 2016, of everything from slick narrow suits through to chic chiffon dresses and pleaty stuff in-between. He’s clever enough to have plenty

Should you be in search of amusement today, well it is a Saturday so why wouldn’t you be, may we recommend Googling 'fashion press release'. It's a highly amusing activity. Apparently for one to be successful you need something called