Archive for: Designers

Is Nicola Formichetti the new artistic director of Thierry Mugler?

Well, the plot surrounding Thierry Mugler’s search for a new design star thickens. Contrary to rumours suggesting Gareth Pugh was the favourite to head to the French fashion house, it would appear someone else has already got a leg in...

 

Is Gareth Pugh going to Thierry Mugler?

Big fashion houses love to mix things up a bit, don’t they? Particularly with their choice of designers. Well, if the news we’ve just heard is true, it seems Gareth Pugh may be doing a little hop skip and jump over to well-designed...

 

Weekly Round-up

Find out why fashion’s got World Cup fever (as if you didn’t know), see what’s sparked a row between the Alexander McQueen label and Cadbury, and how to be ‘fresh’ like Chipmunk… Ah, the World Cup kicks off...

 

Designers are branching out

It’s been non-stop surprises on the designer front. Designers moving left, right and centre, getting caught up in protests and getting engaged. Now three other designers are changing track and diversifying their talents. At a retrospective...

 

Haute Couture: The Highlights from Paris

The Haute Couture season began in Paris this week with John Galliano’s fantastically outlandish Christian Dior show – drawing on Flemish folklore for inspiration, Galliano‘s tremendous silk dresses were more Milkmaid than...

 

Stay snug this Xmas with Electronic Sheep!

It was the delightfully surreal name that originally caught our eye but Irish knitwear label – Electronic Sheep’s A/W collection of woolly winter warmers certainly managed to maintain our attention. Scarves and hats in unique patterns...

 

Designer alert: Antje Ceczy

Jewellery designer Antje Ceczy’s c.v reads like a who’s who of fashion, with Christian Lacroix, Chanel, Nina Ricci and Karl Lagerfeld amongst her impressive list of clients and colleagues. Now, Antje has launched her own label and...