Sies Marjan: Ready-to-wear AW17
Possibly due to lack of sleep, last night's dinner being a tube of Pringles and having been asleep in an Uber until about three minutes before the show started, Sies Marjan was a bit of an emotional experience. Not of
Gypsy Sport: Ready-to-wear AW17
In an unprecedented move, Rio Arube, the designer behind Gypsy Sport did away with the need for a press release entirely (the written word? who needs that?) and instead appeared as a disembodied voice from backstage pre-show to explain the
Public School: Ready-to-wear AW17
A spot of protest-based fist pumping at Public School's AW17 show today as they took on Donald Trump through the medium of clothing. Because really, how better to manifest your discontentment with general world events than by wearing your ideas
Victoria Beckham: Ready-to-wear AW17
“Strength, reality and identity” were the three words that Victoria Beckham offered to describe her AW17 collection, shown this morning in New York. And how better to demonstrate lady power than with tailoring? Few things say strong woman like a
Creatures of the Wind: Ready-to-wear AW17
The Creatures of the Wind boys, Shane Gabier and Christopher Peters, are really very lovely. A fact we can attest to, having grabbed them for a quick post show gab to discuss their equally very lovely AW17 collection. Here's what Chris
Jason Wu: Ready-to-wear AW17
Wit Wu! Can it have really been a decade since Jason Wu first started feeding our eyes/bodies, twice yearly, with his gorge designs? Yes, it has. It really has. Proven this afternoon, with his AW17 collection, which he used to
Astrid Andersen: Ready-to-wear AW17
What better homecoming for Astrid Andersen to her home country of Denmark than to present her very first full women’s collection? That's what she did at Copenhagen Fashion Week yesterday, following on from the success of the women’s launch at
Raf Simons: Menswear AW17
As you probably know, Mr Simons has taken over the Calvin Klein, showing next week. How appropriate, then, that last night he showed his men's collection in the city of New York. Exploring his new life and new world. The
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
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
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
Kolor: Menswear AW17
Junichi Abe’s Kolor is a masterful proponent of hybridising garments, mixing jackets and shirts and sweaters into twisty, seemingly complicated cross-breed without ever getting so knotted up the whole thing looks difficult or undesirable. Thats how Kolor has carved out
Acne Studios: Menswear AW17
It was back to school with a four part lecture on self portraiture at Acne Studios’ AW17 presentation. Which was handy. Like, did you know that "in traditional portraiture the nose was a sign of sexual power and of
Junya Watanabe: Menswear AW17
So, this autumn/winter looks set to be the season of power partnerships: hardcore and heavyweight fashion hook-ups. Sounds saucy - but, yeah, these involve wearing lots of clothes. First Vuitton’s doing a line with Supreme and now Junya Watanabe’s collabing