HAIDER ACKERMANN: PARIS S/S 2011
Breathtaking show today at Haider Ackermann – I am obviously a fan but this season it felt a little more sumptuous and romantic, loved the jeweled silk gowns wrapped and bound…
LANVIN: PARIS S/S 2011
Spectacular, amazing, wonderful, gorgeous, everything and more more more – leather harnesses, the stretchy sheaths, the long flowing gowns – it is always a favourite show but it was little…
CHRISTIAN DIOR: PARIS S/S 11
What I love about John is that he always takes us on a journey at Dior, and today was the turn of the South Pacific. Girls with bright red lips…
BALENCIAGA: PARIS S/S 11
The casting board backstage at Balenciaga Closing in on them the beautiful people Headshots So a very late night and the only thing that would get me out of bed…
GARETH PUGH: PARIS S/S 11
Okay I have taken so many pictures of this collection – I adored the idea of this presentation, it was a film directed by Ruth Hogben and director of photography…
ROCHAS: PARIS S/S 11
Okay I am all for being inspired and taking references from the past, but a too literal replication is just unacceptable. I love the 30’s so much, but exact copies?…
DRIES VAN NOTEN: PARIS S/S 11
Well we are here in gay gay Paris, did I say gay Paris! Love Paris so so much, it’s inspiring, always challenging and never predictable! So to start the first…
GIORGIO ARMANI: MILAN S/S 11
The wondrous Mr Armani took us on a desert journey across the sands, but all clad in a shade of navy. Even Laurence of Arabia made an appearance at the…
DSQUARED: MILAN S/S 11
So as I sat it Dsquared gearing myself up for the girl to come stomping out on the catwalk to thumping music in a skyscraper heel and barely there ensembles,…
VERSUS: MILAN S/S 2011
Okay, after what was possibly the singular most abuse of fashion I had ever experienced prior to Versus, I sat in my seat beaten down and despondent and hoping beyond…
DOLCE & GABBANA: MILAN S/S11
How could Dolce and Gabbana top last years stellar season? How? Well they did. Headlined as ‘Sicilian Sensuality’ it was all based on the idea of Trousseau and it all…
BRIONI: MILAN S/S11
This was Alessandro Dell Aqua’s first season at the house and finally the brand seems to have appointed a designer who has actually considered who the brand’s customer is and…
CALVIN KLEIN RESEE: MILAN S/S11
Having a Calvin experience in Milan always lifts my spirits and this was no exception to the rule. Calvin after all has been the most referenced collection of the season…
BOTTEGA VENETA RESEE: MILAN S/S 2011
On my travels today at my Bottega Veneta appointment, I did a bit of a fantasy shop! Here’s my favourite man /girl bag. And a pair of beauteous shoes. www.bottegaveneta.com…
PUCCI: MILAN S/S 2011
As the mirrored floor gleamed and with everybody jammed against each other and we waited for Kylie to finally arrive in the absolutely shortest slip of a dress in gold…