Two things have always struck me as odd about the way fashion stores add new product. One is that they load up on sarongs and bikinis while the March rain is still soaking us, or load up on knits while Indian summer temperates make us wilt at the very sight of that newly installed autumnal…
You have to feel sorry for knit buyers. Their season is on a make-or-break knife edge with he rather frequently not playing ball. After all, nothing makes consumers want to buy this autumn and winter essential more than plunging temperatures. Drop knits in-store too early and they sit unloved on the shelves until the temperature…
Sad to hear about the death of Sonia Rykiel, aged 86. She had been suffering from Parkinson’s for most of this century but in the 20th century she was one of those designers who shook up womenswear and made it, well, comfortable.
Isabel Marant has an uncanny knack of summing up the look of any season. She may not always offer up the key items everyone is raving over but when those so-called key items are on the clearance rack come the end of the season you realise that the pieces she gave us sold-through as well as…
The great thing about writing a blog rather than writing for a publication backed by a corporation is… you can say what you like and don’t have to cover what you hate. That means any collection that smacks of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ is out. So there are no pictures of Vetements on Trendwalk for…
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…
It was a big afternoon for knitwear on the London runways on Monday as Joseph, Pringle and Christopher Kane gave use some of the coolest solutions for chilly weather we’ve seen this season.
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…
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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