September 2016

Pageant of the People. That was the idea behind Opening Ceremony’s SS17 presentation. Think of it as a sort of pageant, hosted by Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein of Portlandia, asking models Miss World style questions as they took to

Prabal Gurung has soul. His SS17 collection was an exploration of modern feminism, inspired by Gloria Steinem's ‘My Life On The Road’. My, we love a social and political activist. And we love to put up a good fight. Naturally, then, Prabal's

"Did I ever tell ya that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom?" Sailor (Nicolas Cage) asked Lula (Laura Dern) in David Lynch's Wild At Heart. Probably something along he lines of

Hood by Air was a veritable assault of ideas. So excuse us for the stream of consciousness. First thoughts? There is some sort of substance on the model’s heads. A bit like they'd just been birthed. Similar looks can be achieved

Another chapter in the Victoria Beckham evolution. On a sombre day in New York City, it begun with two minutes of silence before the show began. And if the show itself wasn't sombre, it was tranquil. As usual, VB's girls

Wang's gang were on a mission. Those girls and boys really powered themselves down that catwalk. Now, we know Alexander Wang loved hip hop, rnb and rap during the '90s. And that was here - not only in the music,

We've got chills, they're multiplying. That's just what Dion Lee does to us. Group ZERO seems to was the inspo for Dion in 2016. For AW16, he cited Otto Piene's work as inspiration. This time, for SS17, he's looking at

Lacoste is taking us places. Villa Malaparte in Capri to be exact. Let us set the scene. Think: a game of tennis on a rooftop. It's hot, everybody's hot. Lots of greenery, too. We can almost hear the smack of

The American Dream. Sitting on a pier - Tommy Pier, that is - with the smell of hot dogs and candy floss in the air, surrounded by white and blue Tommy Hilfiger goods. This, Tommy x Gigi, was all about

Albert Kriemler of Akris is a quiet cultural powerhouse. Last season he took us on a journey to deepest Africa, this time he’s taking us to Cuba. Havana, baby. We do love a Cuban theme. The starting point was a painting

There were some very nice chairs at Jason Wu. Mid-century numbers. A pleasant arse-to-seat situation. Similarly pleasant was the show itself, Wu’s SS17 offering, but isn’t it always? Mr Wu is the king of uptown el-e-gance. The chairs were a hint,

Would it be wrong to describe Thakoon’s newest collection as a sort of gothic girl scout? A collection of layered pared back basics to create an almost hobo grunge person. But clean, unlike a hobo, seeing as this is high

Okay, so we’re going to describe Adam Selman’s girl as a bit of a disco dolly. Because, she was, amongst other things (Mr Selman’s references being very eclectic) a bit Seventies.There was denim, crochet, Donna Summer’s belly button printed across a