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Yohji Yamamoto was, as usual, generously proportioned. Had this whole scrunched up thing going on. Not quite a ruche, not quite a ruffle, more like a giant piece of fabric had been grabbed and pulled about the body, to create

Struggling to find words to describe Undercover's AW17 show other than: breathtaking. But we will at least attempt to elaborate. You know those Christmas decorations that expand outwards into a kind of honeycomb shape? Could alternatively be used in the

Had Maria Grazia Chiuri been listening to Eiffel 65? Fantasising, perhaps, about living in a blue house with a blue window and a little blue corvette? Well, not that we know of, but this, Dior's AW17 collection, was resolutely about a fascination

Could we say that there was something of the hunter-gatherer to the Balmain woman this season? Which might seem a bit of a stretch as we all know that the Balmain lady has a gentleman, possibly several, in order to

This season, the ladies of the House of Miyake are going stargazing. That is, if you count the Aurora Borealis as a formation of stars, which you definitely shouldn’t - it’s actually electrons colliding with the upper reaches of the

This morning began in the way that all good mornings should: in pitch black darkness. You know us, we refuse to be fully lit until at least 12pm. Thankfully though, in this case at least, the lights did come on

Can’t quite decide whether this, Ann Demeulemeester's latest offering, was a wedding or a wake. Veils do tend to suggest matrimony, but the strong prevalence of black in this collection perhaps led us more down the path of lady mourner.

I was going to badly appropriate the Spice Girls’ Goodbye here, being as this was Clare Waight Keller’s final collection for the house of Chloé, but, having Googled, realised that the lyrics are actually probably a little intense for the

Well, we’ve gabbed on about accessories all day, so why stop now? Let’s talk berets. Berets at Wanda Nylon, to be specific. She had all the varieties. White, badge-covered, leather, jumbo houndstooth, cow print, fluffy. Call it a pick ’n’ mix

We begin, once again, with accessories. This time, we’re at Lanvin and we’re talking shoes. Obviously. We’re self-proclaimed shoe pigs. Here, they were flat. Which, being of the school of Sophia Neophitou, the higher the heels, the closer to God,

Sophia says this was amazing. We say this was amazing. Not that we don’t always say that Dries Van Noten is amazing, because it is, but today was especially amazing. Because this was Dries’ 100th show. So how better to

Was this perhaps inspired by the humble scrunchie? Referring here mostly to the boots, or perhaps we should say BOOTS, as this was the sort of footwear that deserves extra emphasis. They were knee-high, shiny, and sort of, for desperate

Opulence. That was what the set at Jacquemus was giving us - red velvet-cushioned ornate gold chairs lined a simple thin (but long) black runway. “A woman in love with a gypsy,” said the notes for AW17. A Parisian woman. Out

How better to begin another week filled with fashions than with our favourite fabric? That fabric being leather (for obvious reasons - we’re dirtbags), a fabric which here opened Olivier Theyskens' AW17 show today in full-length trench form. And faced