Avsh Alom Gur’s Spring 2010 static installation was a busy affair and the fashion pack were eager to view Gur’s first solo collection since leaving the now defunct Ossie Clark earlier this year. After a short drinks reception, the curtain was drawn back to reveal a model wearing one of Gur’s latest creations. The black and white two-piece consisted...

You may remember we reported a while back that there had been rumours surrounding Olivier Theyskens’ desire to leave Nina Ricci. We warned that there’s no smoke without fire, and this time it was an inferno. Yes, Theyskens left the French design house on 10th March (that’s five months before the end of his contract). On the split, a spokesman for Nina Ricci commented: “Nina...

Avsh Alom Gur is a man with a sense of humour. Strutting to a soundtrack of songs about money, his models wore dresses, catsuits and jackets with the words “Credit Crunch” in big sequin letters splashed across them. When the first dress came out, a muted pink corseted dress that flared into a huge puff ball, it seemed that we were in for a tame ride. But...

Some would argue but I think Avsh Alom Gur’s prints were the best I’d seen on London’s catwalks for Spring/Summer 09. Inspired (quite obsessively) by the chair, this was the theme running through Gur’s collection. It appeared in the accessories, the prints and his summer wedges. Firstly, the prints. The fun and bold efforts were seaside British in their...