Maria Grazia Chiuri Is Confirmed As Artistic Director Of Christian Dior
It's confirmed - after weeks, heck months, of speculation, Dior have finally announced this morning that Maria Grazia Chiuri will be the brand new Artistic Director of the house following the news yesterday that she would be leaving Valentino. "The house
Maria Grazia Chiuri exits Valentino
Fresh after their Couture show last night Valentino have announced that Maria Grazia Chiuri will be leaving her role as Co-Creative Director, leaving Pierpaolo Piccioli as the sole Creative Director. After a huge 17 years at the house, 8 of
INTERNATIONAL WOOLMARK PRIZE 2016/17
Just because couture happens to be taking place in Paris right now, that doesn't mean that London is completely devoid of any excitement. I mean, just this very morning there was a person under a train on the Central line, delays
Calvin Klein Releases AW16 Campaign
Happy Humpday everyone! Now I know Humpday is not something that is widely celebrated outside of the US, but this is an exception. The epitome of American-ness, Calvin Klein, has released their AW16 campaign. Following the success of the SS16
Inside Repossi’s New Parisian Flagship
Entering Repossi's new flagship store on Place Vendome, as we did on Monday evening, is a bit like stepping aboard a spaceship. If said spaceship was full of very nice jewellry, flowers and assorted fashion sorts drinking champagne. It's futuristic. Minimal. And, on
Miu Miu Brings the-miu-miu-club to Paris
On arrival at my Parisian abode (hotel) I received a mysterious envelope. Inside, a card. An invitation to an exclusive member's establishment, the-miu-miu-club. Would I, a la, Eyes Wide Shut, be attending a mass masked orgy and find myself embroiled of
MSGM Release AW16 Campaign
Who remembers Spot the Dog? Not the game where you try and spot dogs - that sounds boring. But the loveable children's dog (was he a Labrador?). This isn't about Spot though - well sort of. Instead it's about MSGM,
Backstage At Vetements Special Show At Couture
To Vetementize. To make something Vetements. Or several things for that matter. Seventeen iconic brands reimagined by the Parisian wunderkinds - Levi's, Juicy Couture, Brioni - perhaps the most prolific collaborative work since Barbara Streisand's Duets album. Juicy couture sweatsuits
Vetements To Disrupt At Couture
What are Demna and his rabble of radical young things doing at Couture? Well, they'll Vetementising. WTF does that mean? A reasonable question, as it is a word that I have just made up. Vetementising - to make something Vetements. Let
Johanna Senyk’s Wanda Nylon Wins ANDAM Prize
A little snippet of Saturday fashion news for which to begin your weekend - Johanna Senyk's brand Wanda Nylon, her of the plastic flasher macs, has scooped this year's ANDAM prize. Which also means she's also scooped €250,000 to invest in
Gucci Releases Tokyo-Shot AW16 Campaign
According to urbandictionary.com, tokyo (uncapitalised) can be used to mean "very awesome, or it can be used to add an extreme connotation to a positive adjective. Example: "Did you go see that new racing movie?" "Yea man, it was tokyo cool!"'
Miu Miu Releases Their AW16 Campaign
Imagine our excitement when at 17.14pm yesterday an email arrives into our inbox with the subject line "MIU MIU RELEASES “FOUND NARRATIVES”, F/W’16 ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN". Usually, we are not the proponents of the use of a heavy-handed capitalised subject line,
Judy Blame Launches Never Again Exhibition At The ICA
Before every man, his dog and his dog's twitter account became a multi-hyphenate, there was Judy Blame. Jewellry maker/stylist/man about town/Buffalo Boy/all-round living legend, you might like to call Mr Blame the original member of the slash generation. And he's got an
NEWGEN Announces Recipients For SS17
It's a bit shit in London at the moment isn't it? Not a whole lot to be cheery about. See this, then, as your little ray of hope in the form of this season's NEWGEN recipients. A very talented bunch
Brioni Reveals Brand New Campaign, Starring Metallica
Being, as it is, that my dalliances with the world of rock and roll stretch as far as knowing that Sarah Harding is the self-proclaimed “rock chick” of Girls Aloud, I am possibly not the most qualified person to talk