High fashion styling and news
When Sarah Burton (the current creative director of Alexander McQueen) and her band of textile specialists took a day trip out of London to visit Great Dixter house in Eastern Sussex, its flower borders were in spectacular bloom. The photographs of what they saw filled walls in the studio and set Burton off. “It was [...]
How does a tradition-steeped brand adapt to the Internet age? The question continues to puzzle fashion’s old guard. Dennis Basso’s polished look may be associated with ladies who lunch, but his Spring 2018 collection attempted to bridge the gap between his boomer clientele and the fashion influencers of Generation Y. From the reality stars in his [...]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf3ZI__DKZ8 The Fall 2017 Roberto Cavalli collection was shown up the renaissance staircase of the Palazzo Crespi and in a lavish static exhibition that looked like Parisian haute couture. An anonymous team has been filling in since the departure of Dundas and though the style has been steered well away from his taste for the [...]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zXVbPqPDXnA Le Train Bleu's crucial scene in La Femme Nikita (a 1990 Luc Besson movie about a gorgeous killer spy) and the bourgeoisie influenced Theyskens collection this season in a major way. He wove those two strands into an unlikely whole. Long trenchcoats and tartan blazers buttoned almost to the neck mingled with ultra short [...]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GB8AmR6iEkw Dries Van Noten's 100th show was an epic international reunion of 54 models who have walked for him from 1993 onwards. As he put it, “They are women who stand for what we want to say.” The show became a mesmerizing “name that face” competition for all those who’ve idolized the great runway and [...]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FS6cccUmPDk Francesco Risso showed off a brilliant debut collection for Marni, which was both feminine and very Italian, with a cool 1970's vibe. A shaggy purple coat with an orange collar, a high-necked orange crochet, a pale blue jersey checkerboard T-shirt and hipster flares was the most jaw dropping look of the show. It was [...]
For Autumn/Winter 2017, Saint John designer Greg Myler mixed a ladylike aesthetic with today’s more casual vibe. There was head-to-toe knitwear, ribbed cashmere flares, wool joggers with matching sweaters, tweed fringe-trim jackets with dropped shoulders and an unstructured silhouette, pretty blouses, romantic printed skirts, full length evening gowns, short cocktail dresses, unstructured double-face cashmere coats [...]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UvBco4kTa4U Louise Trotter sent models down the runway in some of the most beautiful and practical clothes this season. There was oversized suiting in drill or jacquard, topstitched overalls, baggy olive jumpsuits, pink bodysuits, the high-shine coats and dresses, sharply cut pants, outfits trimmed with lace and in a poppy red and floral and color-blocked [...]
Clare Waight Keller had a very boho and 70s feel to her collection this season as usual. It was something that every luxe hippie would crave and desire for her wardrobe! The collection's palette came in black, tan, pink, white, navy blue, beige, ivory, blue, chocolate brown, orange, red and grey. A lot of the clothes [...]
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDF6SO2Wdk Veronique Branquinho's collection this season was a brilliant blending of the demure and innocent with the more twisted fetish of a sexy Lolita. There were amplified suit pants, shorts, overalls, boxy coats that were actually capes, floor-sweeping shirtdresses, Prince of Wales belted coveralls enhanced with smocked sleeves and worn over a ruffle collar blouse, two-button [...]