SS13 news and archive

PFW: Dries van Noten SS13

Dries van Noten for sping 2013 stuck to his bohemian aesthetic of prints, this time with a masculine edge, like inky plaids. They came down the runway in chiffon and ultra feminine fabrications, like organza and crepe. Light, breezy and beautiful, van Noten showed wrapped jackets and sleeveless dresses tied loosely with a cord. Houndstooth mixed...

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MFW: Marni SS13

On the penultimate day of Milan Fashion Week Marni steered away from its prints and colour-blocking and this season focused on lightness in fabric and volume. While there was still plenty of graphic juxtaposition for its core customer, designer Consuelo Castiglioni instead preferred monochrome colours. Outfits in solid hues captured the...

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LFW: Burberry SS13 "Corsets and Capes"

Burberry for Spring Summer 2013 showed a heady mix of corsets, cape jackets and metallics. The British outfitter, famously known for its rain mac, showed elaborate versions of the classic trench, from purest white through ruched pink and a multitude of metallic shades, as seen in the show's finale. Bailey claimed he wanted to communicate "a very...

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LFW: Maarten van der Horst SS13

Maarten van der Horst is one of the leading Fashion East designers who this season showed his SS13 collection at 50 St James. Van der Horst, who hails from The Netherlands but studied at Central Saint Martins, showed gauzy trenches and asymmetric tops printed with plastic carriers, as well as workwear swathed in Swarovski. Van der Horst debuted...

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LFW: Mary Katzantrou

Mary Katrantzou is one of the new British generation designers who's star continues to rise with each season she shows at London Fashion Week. She is one of a handful of creatives, like Christopher Kane, who combines that old-London ubiquity of art with the qualities and finesse needed to pull off a worthy show production that's required in...

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LFW: Topshop Unique SS13

Topshop, now under the creative direction of former Vogue Fashion Director Kate Phelan, showed futurist minimalism on the catwalk. Perhaps with a nod to the sensibilities of Jil Sander or Prada, but there was nothing high street about this collection. Next season's Topshop girl will be wearing predominantly pale colours, with hints of yellow and...

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Marc Jacobs sets tone at New York Fashion Week

It is safe to say that usually the major trends each season emerge out of Paris, Milan or London, but this season Marc Jacobs' New York show has raised the bar for other cities. Whilst the designer is always one of the most important shows during NYFW, after last season's show, which was an extravaganza where Jacobs sent giant hats and Anna...

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NYFW: Alexander Wang SS13

With models sitting on the front row wearing glow in the dark getups, Alexander Wang's urban aesthetic for next spring mixed a rave look with bold, cut-out stripes. Seen on leather tunics, dresses, and boots, sharply cut-out linear lines, revealing most skin, was the major theme. What was particularly relevant was the designer never strayed far...

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NYFW: Jason Wu SS13

Jason Wu for Spring 2013 took inspiration from photographer Helmut Newton. Whilst Newton's work often depicted androgyny and sexual themes, Wu took the cocktail dresses, corsets and lingerie-esque gowns often seen in his photographs, and transformed it into something elegant. Newton's subjects may be playing a sado-masochistic role at times, but...

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Chanel pre-spring 2013

Karl Lagerfeld showed his Chanel 2013 cruise collection in Versailles this week. Using the lush palace gardens as a catwalk and fountains as a backdrop, Lagerfeld presented a modern day day century wardrobe with a nod to Marie Antoinette. Modern were the embroidered chambrays and denims, platform trainers, structured dresses and city shorts....