Last Updated on 25th February 2009 Referencing Italian horror director Dario Argento’s ‘Phenomena’ (1985) in the pre text to ‘Victim Wonder’ designer Mei Hui Lei immediately gave us the impression that […]
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London Fashion Week: Olanic AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 Expectations rose as a packed-out audience sipped their Bacardi’s, looking on at the lengthy preparation for Olanic’s AW09 presentation at London Fashion Week. Designer Nicola […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ana Sekularac AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 Being late may be fashionable. But there’s nothing chic about opening your fashion installation 45 minutes late or for that matter still having a […]
Read MoreOn|Off Exhibition: AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 The On|Off exhibition made a new home for itself this year in London’s Science Museum, showcasing a selection of off schedule designers at London […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Avsh Alom Gur AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 Avsh Alom Gur is a man with a sense of humour. Strutting to a soundtrack of songs about money, his models wore dresses, catsuits […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Twenty8Twelve AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 Twenty8Twelve was always going to be a wearable collection. Anyone who hoped otherwise must be sorely disappointed. But those who knew what to expect […]
Read MoreFashion gets political
Perhaps it’s the Michelle Obama effect, perhaps it is a fabulously well-played campaign or maybe it is a love of fashion, that has pushed the Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Brown […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Luella AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 Luella is one of those brands that are loved by all. With her wearable designs, that make everyone look stylish she is a fashion […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Christopher Kane AW09
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 For the Spring/Summer 09 shows, I appeared to be one of the only people who wasn’t in awe of Kane’s offering. Yes I love […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Louise Amstrup AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 Danish born Louise Amstrup, showcased her third London Fashion Week show at Vauxhall Fashion Scout on Sunday, and having recently been selected to open the season’s Copenhagen Fashion […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Bora Aksu AW09
Last Updated on 24th February 2009 Naughty but nice is the best way to describe Bora Aksu’s show. With a Marilyn Manson soundtrack and Jodie Harsh perched in the front […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ashley Isham AW09
Last Updated on 25th February 2009 There was much to love about Ashley Isham’s collection. Models with quiff’s that Prince would be proud of strutted their way down the catwalk […]
Read MoreChloe’s Sevigny’s new line for Opening Ceremony is revealed
In the UK Opening Ceremony is seen as one of those legendary stores. I guess in much the same way that Dover Street Market is for non-Londoners. With the launch […]
Read MoreFashion whispers: Pugh to move to Dior Homme
Fashion week is on so let the front row gossip begin. Now we heard from someone who knows someone who heard from someone that Grazia is saying that Gareth Pugh […]
Read MoreThe Qasimi After-Party: Nothing to report!
Last Updated on 20th October 2013 What: Qasimi after-party Where: The Cuckoo Club Why: Sadly I can’t tell you why you should have been at the Qasimi after-party because despite […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Maria Grachvogel AW09
Last Updated on 24th February 2009 With a jazz inspired soundtrack and each model sporting a grey silk skull cap, there was more than a whiff of the 1940s at […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Modernist AW09
Last Updated on 24th February 2009 Aptly named ‘Exotic’, Modernist’s new collection incorporates natural and man-made materials ranging from Crocodile to goat and silk to cashmere, contrasting in a way that produces […]
Read MoreVauxhall Fashion Scout: Julia Smith, Alexandra Groover & Ones to Watch AW09
Last Updated on 23rd February 2009 While the majority of London’s fashion elite battled for a seat in the main tent outside the natural history museum, a cutting-edge crowd was […]
Read MoreVictoria Beckham coming to an online store near you
Last Updated on 10th March 2009 Victoria’s latest collection caused quite a stir once again at New York Fashion Week. Still journalists are shocked that she can actually design, that […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: It can’t be…it is, it’s Kanye!
Last Updated on 23rd February 2009 This London Fashion Week has been a strange one, nothing happening quite as you expect. Usually mundane designers are creating kooky collections, whilst the […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week is on the move
Last Updated on 23rd February 2009 At the first show of London Fashion Week, which is always Paul Costello. It is customary for the chairman of the British Fashion Council […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Eley Kishimoto AW09
Last Updated on 23rd February 2009 “Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away this was the Eley Kishimoto theme. After handing over my invite which looked like a […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Nicole Farhi AW09
Last Updated on 23rd February 2009 This was a shockingly good show. Nicole Farhi is one of those designers who is famous for being classic. She can be relied on […]
Read MoreYoung entrepreneurs are rewarded at LFW
Last Updated on 23rd February 2009 On Saturday morning I enjoyed a champagne breakfast. Well, actually I lie, I was crammed into a champagne bar early in the morning clutching […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ann-Sofie Back AW09
Last Updated on 22nd February 2009 This show followed straight on from Peter Jensen, so if I was gushing a little too much in my Jensen review it was because […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Peter Jensen AW09
Last Updated on 22nd February 2009 Peter Jensen is the king of kooky style. There is always a grown up cutesy feel but without being sickly. This was a very […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: John Rocha AW09
Last Updated on 22nd February 2009 This was a surprisingly strange show. There are designers you rely on for beautiful simplicity, like Betty Jackson and Paul Smith, John Rocha is […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Jenny Packham AW09
Last Updated on 22nd February 2009 What do you get if you cross gypsy style, with Indian beading and a tassel salesman? Jenny Packham’s Autumn/Winter 09 collection. It was the […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Charles Anastase AW09
Last Updated on 22nd February 2009 So what do you do, when you’ve put your best clothes on, your wearing staggering high heels, you’ve got your ticket in hand and […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ashish AW09
Last Updated on 21st February 2009 Arriving in a Leicester Square full of confused tourists, I rounded a corner to discover a massive queue waiting to get into the show. […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Central St. Martins AW09
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 This is one of the shows that fashion lovelies flock to see. This show is almost a game, as each member of the audience […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Noir/Bllack Noir AW09
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 This was ethical fashion’s time to say, “hey, look, we can be super slick, super sexy, and super fashionable to. And they did show […]
Read MoreGareth Pugh edits Time Out
To help celebrate London Fashion Week (which starts TODAY!) designer of the moment Gareth Pugh has edited the latest issue of Time Out London. With his pick of models and […]
Read MoreLondon’s fashion saviour: Boris Johnson
Last Updated on 19th February 2009 Boris Johnson is the most unlikely fashion icon. But we couldn’t love him more, because he has announced that he is helping London Fashion […]
Read MoreDaisy makes commuting fashionable
Unlike the other fashion capitals of the world, London doesn’t really notice when Fashion Week is in town. I will mention to friends that I’m off to the shows or […]
Read MoreBig Wardrobe.com – the new way to shop!
Last Updated on 16th February 2009 With Fashion Week upon us, it is time to get wrapped up in the big dresses, the big names, and the big money. London Fashion Week […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week is on the move
Last Updated on 13th February 2009 So just when we’d all started getting used to London Fashion Week being back at The Natural History Museum, there are now rumours it’s […]
Read MoreThe Fashion Week countdown: Pam Hogg
Last Updated on 9th February 2009 Whilst New York Fashion Week has been causing a stir with all its’ changing venue, lack of catwalks and love of Barbie antics. It […]
Read MoreWilliam Tempest wins Vauxhall Fashion Scout merit award
Our favourite designer of the moment is going from strength to strength. Not only has he started to attract the media attention he truly deserves, but he has finally been […]
Read MoreThe quirkiest fashion collaboration yet
Jojo & Malou have just announced their collaboration with online store Asos. The Swedish designers are renowned for their kooky prints and individual flair, having dressed Gwyneth Paltrow, Agyness Dean […]
Read MoreMove over Jourdan, Barbie’s our catwalk queen
Last Updated on 19th January 2009 Barbie is 50 this year, and she is looking better than ever. To celebrate she is getting her own catwalk show at New York […]
Read MoreFashion Forward winners announced!
Last Updated on 8th December 2008 The British Fashion Council has put its money where its mouth is by backing Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab and Erdem with its Fashion Forward […]
Read MoreAntoni & Alison: Cleverly kooky or catastrophically kitsch?
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Every year the Antoni & Alison slot is always filled with something that little bit different. Last year, lucky show-goers were invited to watch […]
Read MoreFive Minutes With: Inbar Spector
Last Updated on 30th September 2008 After a gloriously gothic, entirely theatrical show I crept backstage to meet the brains behind the self-named label. There I found a sprightly gothic […]
Read MoreRoksanda Ilincic: Drab not fab at Fashion Week
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 Wind back the clock precisely one year and Roksanda Ilincic was showing off her sassy spring summer 08 collection. It was savvy, it was […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: The Round-Up
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 The Trends: Stepford Wives , Ladylike glamour with a sexy edge, think form fitting dresses and pencil skirts. Playschool , A childish trend to […]
Read MoreAvsh Alom Gur’s Amazing Prints
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 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) […]
Read MoreBackstage: Note to the Models at Ashish
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Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: SADO
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 SADO presented their Spring/Summer 09 collection this week to much applause. The utterly wearable line had strong influences from tropical art deco Miami with […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Aminaka Wilmont
Last Updated on 19th October 2013 As winners of last seasons Fashion Fringe trophy Aminaka Wilmont have quickly established a name for themselves, most often associated with avant-garde shapes and […]
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