I don’t know about you, but I think Uniqlo is steadily becoming the coolest store on the high street. They do it without the loud noise of Topshop or H&M but have serious designers creating ranges, and now they have the face of the moment. Alexander Wang and Philip Lim are just two high profile designers who have created collections. And only recently was it announced...

As if Matthew Williamson for H&M and Alexander Wang and Jil Sander for Uniqlo wasn’t enough to keep you amused, there is whole host of other collaborations strutting your way. I don’t even know where to begin, so brace yourselves. 1. First up we have Karl Lagerfeld for Ruby helmets. Yes if you have ever fancied a couture motorbike helmet then you can now be...

Yesterday, I told you to expect the unexpected on the design front. Well, here is another unexpected move from a designer; Jil Sander is off to Uniqlo. She hasn’t really been seen since leaving her signature Prada owned label five years ago, so this is a very surprising move for her. Sander has signed a “design consulting agreement” with the hot-to-trot Japanese...

In Milan, Lithunian model Auguste Abeliunaite shed a tear while walking the runway at Jil Sander. Was it performance art? An allergy? Painful shoes? Strong lighting? Emotional distress? No one knows. The model cried on both her catwalk appearances and what’s even more strange is the cover up that’s followed. In an attempt to find out the cause of Auguste’s...