John Galliano certainly knows how to grab headlines. He’s been doing it since his graduation show in 1984. I was working at the (now-defunct) Fashion Weekly at the time and covering the graduate shows was my unwelcome task. But that collection certainly made the job a bit more interesting and propelled Galliano into the fashion…
Milan Fashion Week drew to a close yesterday with no hint of change on the horizon. Unlike the loud declarations of a new business model from some labels that show in New York and London, Milan’s designers seem happy with the two-seasons-plus-pre-collections model and a calendar that shows collections six month in advance of them…
“I thought of it as like someone who has all the clothes she’s ever had on the floor in front of her in the morning and she must choose how she’s going to assemble herself.” That’s what Miuccia Prada said of the AW16 collection she and her team showed in Milan yesterday. And if Miuccia…
OK, Milan has started so now the serious trend spotting begins as fashion’s big guns are wheeled out. And where better to start than Gucci? Today’s show was… well, predictable really. Not that this is a criticism. Since being appointed just over a year ago, Alessandro Michele has imprinted his vision on Gucci so completely…
There’s a myth surrounding Burberry that it’s a company built on innovation and pushing the boundaries. It’s really not. It’s actually about tradition and ultra-commerciality all wrapped up in an often-innovative package.
Topshop Unique has spent several years proving it really does deserve a place on the designer runway schedule and its AW16 show at London Fashion Week this afternoon added some weight to that. The high street retail brand gave us a selection of the key trends that are driving the runways, and also that are key…
New York Fashion Week bowed out with a bang as three of its biggest names (Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein) gave us their autumn/winter 2016 visions. And ‘bow out’ is perhaps the right phrase given that the announcements about close-to-season, insta-fashion and more we’ve had this week mean next NYFW could be really rather…
I’m turning into something of a Delpozo groupie. The pre-fall 16 collection designed by Josep Font for the label won me over and now AW16 has blown me away. OK, it’s crazily expensive (but also understandably so given the level of detail), and it’s not exactly practical. These are uncompromising clothes for women who don’t…
I’m beginning to feel like a broken record. For those of you too old to remember broken records, when an old-style vinyl disc got scratched, the needle would get stuck and repeat the same bits again, and again, and agin…. Well that’s me this NYFW. The words I’m stuck on are “shearling coats,” “oversized parkas,”…
We’ve heard a lot lately about the wrong kind of weather for the fashion industry. Mild autumns and winters have meant knits and coats stayed firmly on store shelves until clearance sale time. But designers must think AW16 is going to be a chilly few months because knits and coats are just what they’ve been…
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