First the disclosure. I’m a Prada fan. Just about everything the label does is OK in my book (aside from the odd piece here and there and, of course, those scary prices). It’s forward looking, surprisingly commercial, quirky, creative, versatile and totally desirable. So why isn’t it doing better than it is? The shares are…
Runway denim and high street denim are two different animals but sometimes they come together with ideas from the runway filtering through to a store shelf near you. And this pre-season? Well there’s plenty to pick from including intense colour, zany pattern effects, shrunken or oversized versions of timeless classics and a jamboree of embroidered…
It’s so boring when brands send out collections season after season that are so darned perfect you just want to scoop everything up and take it home. But that’s what Gucci has done since early last year when Alessandro Michele stepped into the spotlight and became a fashion star. We critics like something to criticise but…
I’ve always loved embellished denim. No, wait. Make that, I’ve loved embellished denim since 1973 when my sister bought a pair of shrink-to-fit Levi’s. After wearing them in the bath for several hours they emerged a perfect fit, if rather damp, and she proceeded to add studs. For 13-year-old me, that was the ultimate in…
I’ve always been against ‘novelty’ bags, finding them faintly ridiculous. But walking up Regent Street a few days ago, I changed my mind. I spotted the Kate Spade fairground carousel bag in a store window. Then later that day, reviewing Topshop’s Art School Cool pieces with some great floral bags, it struck me how boring the handbag…
I’m a big fan of Marni. It’s one of those labels that goes its own way and is all the better for it. Not that this always makes it the most popular of the Milan Fashion Week labels. Just compare the reaction to its H&M collaboration a few years ago. Strong seller though it was,…
The pre-fall collections moved into a higher gear today as Gucci released Alessandro Michele’s latest collection… and it’s a real ‘collection’. 78 looks, rather than the 20 or so many labels send out for pre-season. It continues the exuberant retro-boho-luxe-dressing up looks that Michele obviously loves (you can never accuse him of being a minimalist)…
You’ve got to love Anne Bernecker’s pre-loved and newly-embellished Levi’s and army surplus jackets. Anne – one of those creative individualists you come across in the fashion industry – is a street style photographer par excellence and now she’s a budding entrepreneur too with a new online shop. The jackets, in indigo, camo and washed-out…
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