I wasn’t sold on Topshop’s last Unique runway collection, the September see-now-buy-now one. But I liked the one before that. Now, was that one see-now-buy-now or was it see-now-buy-later? You know, I’m really not sure. And the collection that showed at London Fashion Week on Sunday? Well a) yes, I like it too and b) yes, it…
Some time ago I worked with a catwalks editor (yes, such things do exist) who hated covering the pre-collections. She had to be weaned (for ‘weaned’ read ‘prised’) off covering the far-less-relevant/commercial couture shows. After all, the couture shows were an anachronism, a flickering remnant of a long-dead past, a patently unfair indulgence of interest…
When Fashion Month started it almost looked as if our fascination with print and pattern was on its way out. But a few shows don’t really make a trend and it was soon pretty clear that print was staying put. Let’s face it, in a world that contains Alessandro Michele, quirky patterns are always going…
If you had to choose one area to really focus on for SS17 what would it be? Well, if you want to follow the world’s top fashion labels, it’ll be the sleeve. You couldn’t move for OTT statement sleeves on the runways last month as leg of mutton met trumpet and ultra volume came trimmed…
Back in the 90s, there was a big trend for slip dresses. I couldn’t really get my head around this one as I remembered my mum wearing virtually identical pieces 30 years earlier, but under her clothes, as a petticoat.
Remember Sport Luxe? It was a big trend a few seasons ago when luxury designers added some sporty touches to their collections (while also loading them with embellishment and other unsporty details). It was quite popular I seem to remember.
It was something of a jumpsuit jamboree on the runways this season with many labels sending out at least one and DKNY dedicating a multi-model finale to the item. But that’s not big news in itself, although it would have been not so many seasons ago before one-piece dressing hit the mainstream.
Parachute styling. Big in the 80s and making comeback every few years ever since. Well it’s back again for SS17 and in a season when the 80s are very much on our minds (with all those big shoulders and almost-ra-ra skirts, how could they not be?) it’s clear the ‘new’ parachute styling owes more to…
You never know what to expect with Miu Miu collections. Will it be a classic? Will it be a bit, well, odd? Will it be full of light and airy clothes for autumn or cosy coats for spring? Well one thing was clear yesterday, this was definitely a spring/summer show as Miuccia Prada sent out…
One plus one usually equals two. In the case of Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli at Valentino one plus one added up to 11. But if anyone was worried that the breaking up of that phenomenally successful partnership now one half of it has gone to Dior would mean that one minus one now…
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