Valentino: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Pierpaolo Piccioli took his rarefied Valentino designs to the streets for his latest Paris fashion extravaganza. The designer took over the whole block around the show venue – cafés, hairdressers, the lot – and invited regular folk as well as
Loewe: Ready-To-Wear SS22
After nearly eight years at Loewe, Jonathan Anderson talked of, “A reset” and “opening up a new dimension”. Not only did he show in a new venue – a pine-clad set within a military academy – but he presented a
Raf Simons: Ready-To-Wear SS22
It's an excting time to be a Raf Simons fan. Not only is the designer carving his signature into the Prada universe, designing the brand's mens- and womenswear alongside Mrs. P herself, but he is expanding his namesake label, too.
Christopher Kane: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Everyone loves a comeback, especially if it's that of Mr Christopher Kane. After scaling back on his ready-to-wear business through the pandemic, pivoting his focus on his flourishing More Joy merch line, the London Fashion Week favourite presents his first
Rick Owens: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Rick Owens had a choice – a bombastic return to the live shows in Paris or something more humble. He decided to double down on the pursuit of beauty and the honing of his signature style. To thine own self
Balmain: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Don’t call it a fashion show, it was so much more. To celebrate his decade at Balmain, Olivier Rousteing put on a fashion festival, featuring Jesse Jo Stark, Doja Cat and a stadium-scale catwalk show. The fashion press came but
Courrèges: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Nicolas Di Felice is quickly carving himself out as one of Paris' buzziest names. Three seasons in, his first IRL Courrèges show yesterday had the fashion pack trecking bright and early to the outskirts of the city, all the way
Thebe Magugu: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Thebe Magugu's collections have always been built on observations of his life in South Africa, both in Johannesburg (where he's based) and Kimberley (where he's from) – bringing tales of the two cities to an international audience. Yet the designer's
Ottolinger: Ready-To-Wear SS22
This season saw Christa Bösch and Cosima Gadient ramp up the sex appeal when it came to their Berlin-based label Ottolinger. "This is the most looks we've ever done," a proud Gadient boasted over a pre-show Zoom call (35 looks,
Dior: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Marc Bohan’s 30-year reign at Dior fascinates Maria Grazia Chiuri – particularly his 1961 ‘Slim Look’ collection which brought a new silhouette to the fore. She looked back to this moment of change, when the hourglass fifties silhouette defined by
Saint Laurent: Ready-To-Wear SS22
Anthony Vaccarello has an eye for the spectacular. Not only do his Saint Laurent Paris shows happen at dusk, outdoors with the Eiffel Tower, twinkling on the hour as a backdrop, but the clothes always make a strong statement. This
Burberry: Ready-to-Wear SS22
Riccardo Tisci has been thinking about ‘Animal Instincts’. As well as wearing eye-catching deconstructed variations on the iconic trench, his models also sported prosthetic Bambi ears – like the Sweet Tooth half-human/half-animal hybrids. Alongside the striking silhouettes – spliced, fluttering,
Kenneth Ize: Ready-To-Wear SS22
There was a profound sense of optimism in the air at Kenneth Ize's show yesterday evening. The official opener to the back-to-life Paris Fashion Week, and the first physical catwalk Ize has staged since making his debut on the eve
Dsquared2: Ready-to-Wear SS22
Forever a highlight to the Milan Fashion Week schedule, Dsquared2 bowed out of doing an IRL catwalk this season in favour of a fashion film, which was debuted online yesterday afternoon. Like fellow heavyweight Burberry, Dean and Dan decided this
Giorgio Armani: Ready-To-Wear SS22
With the dulcet tones of Nico Fidenco’s Legata A Un Granello Di Sabbia serenading the audience and a backdrop of an Italian beach sunset, the Giorgio Armani show evoked the ultimate Italian summer and the ever-aspirational “dolce vita”. This season marked