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Would it be wrong to call these a glamorous set of lady car mechanics? This was a conclusion we came to at Hermes’ SS17 show, mainly on account of that boiler suit, a garment that appeared in various forms throughout

Girls were served smoking hot and fresh out of Giambattista Valli's kitchen today in a flirty array of wears, sometimes barely wearing any wears at all. It was this genius showing of skin that worked to perfectly balance and modernise ideas

"Game-changers that were iconic in what they did." That was the Sacai SS17 inspiration, Chitose Abe told us backstage after the show. And she chose some good ones. The show began with a good beat and Nirvana

“A punk idea of humanism”. Well thats what the press notes say, to which we can only say, punk for all… give me the drugs. But joking aside, this is actually a new era for Valentino. Like an Agatha Christie

The Rosatis know leather. More importantly, they know how to work with it. Which is exactly why Ferraro Rosati founded DROMe in 2008, with daughter Marianna Rosati at the design helm- to explore the versatility and desirability of this luxurious

To quote from the hymn sheet of Talking Heads… ”Psycho Killer. Qu'est-ce que c'est? Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far…” Not that Balenciaga have decided to base their SS17 collection on a psycho killer. I think we can all assume that John Wayne Gacy’s mugshot wasn’t stuck

What better way to spend a Sunday evening than enjoying the latest fashions from the house of Givenchy? Beats watching Corrie. This was, as you may have seen, an outdoor show, which meant it was best accessorised with a large

“It’s not what you buy, it’s the way you wear it,” Roland Mouret told us backstage after his Spring Summer show. True dat. But we wouldn’t mind buying a little Roland Mouret SS17. Or a lot. “We’re living in a time

The press notes for Phoebe Philo’s SS17 outing for Céline read only “I want to show that our bodies are bound to the world, whether we like it or not”, which were, in fact, not her own, but those of Dan

The next line is one we’ve probably busted out more than once, but it’s been a while since we last used it, and never has it been more apt that when applied to Acne Studios’ SS17 collection. This was like

This was clothing suitable for those of you with personal space issues. Mainly because it was all fucking huge. Noone's coming close to you in that. Wide load fashion. Or, in more eloquent terms: sculptural. Comme offered us the word

To get to this disco, you must follow the path of the gold stardust. It was infused into each piece of the collection and covered the floor that led the way, like a yellow brick road clouded with a little

Does anyone else remember Electric Ballroom in Camden? The goth night in the mid nineties, where all the goths gathered for a night of loosing themselves to the sound of something industrial and heavy metal sounding? Or to bastardise the

"It was paradise birds on acid," Haider Ackermann told us backstage after the peculiarly beautifully show. "Chaos. But a controlled chaos." Yes, it was a calm, ordered chaos. A droning sound, pulsed through the room as the show began. The

Yohji Yamamoto was strappy. Could we call it strapping, even? By which we mean, simply, that there were lots of straps on it. Straps are nice aren’t they? It’s reassuring to be strapped in. And could be, in some circumstances, considered