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Filippa K focussing on “fewer but better” for AW21

Swedish fashion brand Filippa K is introducing what it calls a “simple yet meaningful wardrobe” for autumn/winter 2021 with a focus on “fewer but better pieces” developed from archive materials. The autumn/winter 2021 collection was designed during the pandemic in 2020, which the brand explains allowed them to reflect on “what truly matters” and...

Mar 22, 2021

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PFW AW21: Chanel inspired by “Parisian chic” and ski holidays

Chanel’s creative director Virginie Viard took inspiration from what she calls the “idea of cool Parisian chic” mixed with the ambience of ski holidays for the French fashion house’s autumn/winter 2021 ready-to-wear show. Showcased against the backdrop of Castel, a legendary Parisian club, Chanel highlighted a contrast between volumes and...

Mar 9, 2021

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PFW AW21: Balmain showcases an aviation-inspired collection

Balmain’s creative director Olivier Rousteing opted for an aviation theme to showcase his autumn/winter 2021 collection during Paris Fashion Week. Captured in an Air France hangar in Paris, Balmain created a catwalk on the wing of a jumbo jet, and showcase an aviation-inspired ‘Above and Beyond’ collection featuring bomber jackets, lace-up...

Mar 9, 2021

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PFW AW21: Coperni hosts a drive-in catwalk show

Since the pandemic hit, fashion week shows have been mainly virtual, cinematic films, or limited, socially-distanced presentations. For Coperni, they wanted to do something different and opted to showcase its autumn/winter 2021 collection with a drive-in catwalk format. Coperni co-founders Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant transformed a...

Mar 8, 2021

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Nicolas Di Felice presents first collection for Courrèges

Courrèges’ space-age futurism, with super-short skirts and famous go-go boots, was given a fresh new feel for autumn/winter 2021 with Nicolas Di Felice’s debut collection for the French fashion house, which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Describes as a “vibrant letter to modern-day youth which can no longer dance,” by Belgian...

Mar 3, 2021

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PFW AW21: Gabriela Hearst makes her debut for Chloé

At any other time, a debut collection from a new designer at Chloé would have been the hottest ticket at Paris Fashion Week, however, these aren’t ordinary times, and instead, the French fashion house showcased its autumn/winter 2021 collection with a digital catwalk on the deserted streets of Saint-Germain in Paris. This was a collection, which...

Mar 3, 2021

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In pictures: Mode Suisse 19

The 19th edition of Mode Suisse took place digitally from 27th February to 2nd March 2021. While Mode Suisse 17 and 18 last year could still take place physically in a modified form, Mode Suisse 19 relied on online channels such as Instagram to present the latest Swiss fashion from eight selected Zurich labels - Amorphose, Forbidden Denimeries,...

Mar 2, 2021

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Carolina Herrera AW21 is a “love letter” to New York

With 2021 marking Carolina Herrera’s 40th anniversary, creative director Wes Gordon said that he wanted to design a collection that was a “love letter to our home: New York City”. Gordon, said in a statement: “The fall 2021 collection is inspired by the perseverance and determination of New Yorkers—especially the very New Yorkers that form the...

Feb 24, 2021

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LFW AW21: Daniel w. Fletcher unveils womenswear debut

Next in Fashion star Daniel w. Fletcher has unveiled his inaugural womenswear collection for autumn/winter 2021 during London Fashion Week. In the show notes, Fletcher reveals that the introduction of the monochromatic womenswear collection was due to the business “growing independently season-on-season” and marks the designers first fully...

Feb 24, 2021

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LFW AW21: Molly Goddard balances tulle with practical sensibilities

There is something delectably fun and glamorous about seeing an oversized tulle Molly Goddard dress bounce down the catwalk, or in this case across her studio in Bethnal Green. For autumn/winter 2021, the designer offered a more pared-down, highly wearable commercial collection that she describes as “long lasting, but spiced up wardrobe classics...

Feb 23, 2021

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Burberry presents menswear-focused collection during LFW

Riccardo Tisci showcased his first menswear-focused collection for Burberry during London Fashion Week with a presentation from within its flagship on Regent Street store in London, reconfigured as a wandering terrain. The autumn/winter 2021 menswear collection “gently challenges and subtly reinvents traditions, inviting freedom of expression,”...

Feb 22, 2021

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LFW AW21: Bethany Williams presents capsule coat collection

This London Fashion Week, sustainable fashion designer Bethany Williams used her on-scheduled slot to share her new gender-neutral capsule coat collection, exclusively for Selfridges. The short film was less of a fashion presentation, and more of a look at how the British designer works, with Williams personally introducing the collection and...

Feb 22, 2021