Armani Privé: Couture SS17
To quote those really quite annoying adverts that used to come on just before a film in the cinema: the future’s bright, the future’s orange. They, of course, were referring to the mobile phone network, but here, we are referring
Vetements Show “Stereotypes” AW17 Collection At Couture Week
Just like a proper couture show should, Vetements followed tradition and ended in with a bride in virginal white. The rest though, as to be expected, veered from tradition and entered the realm of stereotypes, a list of which appeared
Chanel: Couture SS17
Today’s Chanel Haute Couture show took place in what one could rightly describe as a very fancy front room. However, since we are in Paris, and this is Haute Couture, we shall call it a salon. Which naturally meant op-u-lence
Francesco Scognamiglio: Couture SS17
Having spent a large portion of my adult life watching the 1995 Martin Bashir interview with Princess Di across five parts on YouTube, I was delighted to hear that it formed part of the soundtrack for Francesco Scognamiglio's latest Haute
Schiaparelli: Couture SS17
If the Village People, or, for that matter, the Pet Shop Boys, had not gone west, but east, then they probably would have ended up somewhere around here. Because Schiaparelli’s SS17 Haute Couture offering, their first since becoming an official
Giambattista Valli: Couture SS17
It wouldn’t be a Giambattista Valli couture show without a large explosion of tulle. And there was plenty of that here, mostly in the form of a breathtaking yellow gown which was, we reckon, about the size of the average London
Dior: Couture SS17
It might only be her second runway sashay but in the four short months since she made her SS17 ready-to-wear debut, Maria Grazia Chiuri has made the house of Dior very much her own. Do you remember what came before?
Iris Van Herpen: Couture SS17
Made from processes we can’t quite understand (3D hand-casted PU fabrics and hand painted injection moulding? Huh?) so, with no time for a quick Wiki-tutorial, we shall instead enjoy Iris Van Herpen's latest offering in a purely aesthetic way. Because
International Woolmark Prize 2016/17 Winners Announced
Forget that stuff they say about it being the taking part that counts. Prizes are made for winning and, as of last night in Paris, we have two brand new ones. Well, technically three, as one is a duo. The
Miu Miu: Pre-Fall 2017
Unless you've been living under a rock, you may have realised at the end of last year there was a craze sweeping the nation. First there was planking, then the ice bucket challenge, but what I'm referring to is the
Calvin Klein Launches ‘By Appointment’ Collection
Bit of a broken record, but it's dead scary thinking about Trump. Luckily, we have all these fabulous fashions flooding our faces to take our minds from doom and gloom to chic and magnifique. For example, I spent to majority
Kenzo Show Combined Men’s And Women’s Collection In Paris
Correct me if I’m wrong, but to (possibly incorrectly) utilise a term learnt in GCSE English, is this not what one would call the breaking down of the fourth wall? The drawing back of the curtain? Because this evening, for
Thom Browne: Menswear AW17
What better way to spend the penultimate show of Paris, and, in fact, menswear month in general, than with a dose of Thom Browne wackiness? Because this, his AW17 show, answered the important question of: what, exactly, do you get
Paul Smith Shows His Very First Co-Ed Show In Paris
What’s that gamine creature coming towards us? A… woman? Yes, your eyes do not deceive you, that was a man and woman opening Paul Smith's AW17 show today, trotting down the catwalk in beautiful synchronicity. Because this, for the very first
Lanvin: Menswear AW17
Lucas Ossendrijver has the canny knack of making us want to purchase just about every single thing that he sends down the catwalk. No mean feat, by the way, as his Lanvin show happens to full on the final Sunday