Fashion month for the SS22 season is over. During the fashion weeks, there were many trends to discover, not only on the catwalks, but also in terms of street style. From the streets of Berlin to the Big Apple, some trendy looks were served. Here are the hottest street style trends of the fashion weeks and the matching SS22 looks from the...
Nov 1, 2021
Lisi Herrebrugh and Rushemy Botter, artistic directors of Nina Ricci and founders of the Botter brand, are what we call emerging designers. With this status comes a lot of media attention, which they are using to confront the fashion world with climate change. Their spring/summer 2022 Botter collection, ‘Global Warning’, was no exception to this...
Oct 15, 2021
Trendstop brings FashionUnited readers an insight into Paris Fashion Week’s latest edition for Spring Summer 2022. Paris took the season’s core themes to the next level, as designers maximised their eco-credentials and went to extremes to foster the growing optimism and positive feelings amongst consumers. Creating experiential events sought to...
Oct 8, 2021
Givenchy came under fire at Paris Fashion Week after showing a noose necklace at the presentation of its latest collection. Called out by fashion watchdog Diet Prada, the necklace sparked a similar controversy to Burberry’s noose hoodie back in 2019. “Suicide is not fashion,” was one of the starkest criticism Burberry received, and one not...
Oct 6, 2021
In the spirit of Love Brings Love, an ode and celebratory show of Alber Elbaz closed Paris Fashion Week. As the founder of AZ Factory, what would have been his first PFW collection, the house paid tribute to his joyful spirit, humility, creativity, humor and iconic legacy. 45 guest Maisons and designers participated to create one-off looks for...
Extinction Rebellion climate demonstrators burst onto the catwalk at Louis Vuitton's Tuesday Paris Fashion Week show to blast the industry's impact on the environment. "Overconsumption = extinction", a banner brandished by one demonstrator from the international civil disobedience movement against climate change read. She climbed onto the...
Beauty giant L’Oréal Paris paid tribute to women’s rights movements during a public show as part of Paris Fashion Week, with a theme that honoured women’s empowerment and diversity. The event was hosted at the Parvis des Droits de l’Homme, where the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was first established. Developed as a bold feminist...
Oct 5, 2021
Paris Fashion Week wraps up Tuesday after nine days of innovative experiments that showed how the industry is embracing technology and new approaches for a post-pandemic future. While many fashion houses stuck to online presentations, the biggest names such as Dior, Balenciaga and Stella McCartney -- even Yves Saint Laurent, which had been first...
Haute couture house Schiaparelli digitally presented its spring/summer 2022 ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week, with ‘The Surrealist’s Holiday’ collection that looked to capture the varying essence of Schiaparelli, herself. Creative director Daniel Roseberry directly attributes the late Italian designer as his source of inspiration...
Oct 4, 2021
Balenciaga continues to shake up the fashion week format, taking Paris by storm with a witty red carpet cum catwalk reversal for SS22 and special screening of a Simpsons episode written exclusively by Matt Groening for the Maison. Creative director Demna Gvasalia has taken giants leaps forward since the starry haute couture debut in July, with...
Japanese designer Issey Miyake took on forms and fluidity for a spring/summer collection inspired by exploration, featuring seven themes that highlight the ocean’s character. Presented in both an exhibition-like event and an explorative online video, the collection labelled ‘A Voyage in Descent’ drew influence from deep-sea voyages, exhibiting...
Every so often a designer leaps ahead of the zeitgeist to show a collection that enthrals and hypnotizes the audience with an unexpected hand of genius. Similar moments of triumph have been seen at Alexander McQueen, Rei Kawakubo, Martin Margiela and Phoebe Philo, who each in their time single handedly defined a new moment in fashion. Such was...
Oct 1, 2021
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