American sportswear will be a big trend for spring and the major high street stores have stocked their shelves with varsity-inspired collections for men. The trend stems down from the catwalks, which saw major designers such as Balenciaga embrace the theme, where muscle tops, gym shorts and biker vests were mixed with ready-to-wear. Leather...
Feb 5, 2014
For a Spring/Summer collection, Miu Miu's catwalk show was very wintery. Coats and heavy hosiery were key looks in its spring range, perhaps because collections are delivered to stores in January and February, when most of Europe and America are in the thick of cold weather. Miu Miu's SS14 collection features A-line silhouettes, animal printed...
Oct 4, 2013
Phoebe Philo updated her urban modernist look for Céline this season, showing a collection of bold graphics and prints on linear silhouettes. Inspired by graffiti art and the work of Brassaï, a modernist Ragga-chic women emerged from the first exit. Elongated tunics worn over plisse skirts with sharp asymmetric hemlines where a key silhouette....
Sep 30, 2013
Giorgio Armani always closes Milan Fashion Week and as one of Italy's last self-owned fashion companies, Mr Armani knows what to deliver to his clients, even if that means avoiding producing the most press worthy catwalk show. At Armani there were no giant faces on dresses, no crazy colour blocking and no high octane glamour. Instead, his...
Sep 24, 2013
With a packed show calendar during Milan Fashion Week, it takes a lot of thunder to remain in the limelight, however Fendi managed to do just so. The luxury Italian furrier on Thursday presented its SS14 catwalk collection, opened a new flagship boutique in Milan and debuted an exhibition titled 'Making Dreams: Fendi and the Cinema." Cultural...
Sep 20, 2013
Colour blocked rainbows, murals depicting women's headshots, sequined bra-tops, knee high athletic socks and teddy bear fur coats. These were just some of the styles seen at Prada's directional SS14 catwalk show in Milan. The mood was visualised by the commissioning of street artists El Mac, Mesa, Gabriel Specter, Stinkfish, Jeanne Detallante...
Gucci opted for sporty glamour on the first day of Milan Fashion Week. The Italian fashion house sent high octane sportswear down the runway, with bras peeking from mesh and unstructured kimono style tops and dresses. Languid bombers and long-line evening T-shirts were shown with silky sports-inspired hybrid trousers, sheer crystal pleat joggers...
Sep 19, 2013
Christopher Bailey loves an English garden, and his Burberry Prorsum collection for next season found inspiration in its colour palette. A bouquet of pastels, such as pale rose to forget-me-not blues made for a softer and romantic collection. Whilst we didn't see the Burberry classic trench, lightweight spring outerwear was a key feature, and it...
Sep 17, 2013
In one of the strongest shows of the week, David Koma showed a focused collection of graphic bodycon dresses. The look, though sometimes hard and rigid, was at the same time very wearable by its clever tailoring and use of details, however fitted the dresses. While not everyone will want to dress like a warrior princess next spring, the bold...
Sep 16, 2013
Joseph Altazurra showed tailoring and relaxed draping on the New York catwalk, favouring an elongated silhouette, highlighted by long pencil skirts with risque thigh splits. This was Altazurra's first collection since Kering bought a share of the company. For a New York brand, the clothes had exquisite craftsmanship, with embroidery and luxe...
Sep 11, 2013
Victoria Beckham took her SS14 collection in a novel direction, when she presented it during New York fashion week. Her penchant for fitted dresses and body-con pieces were replaced with a new silhouette. Focusing on chic daywear, dresses were short, with bias cut hemlines, which also came fluted and frilled. Angular shapes as seen on tops, came...
Sep 9, 2013
The Spring/Summer 2014 men's fashion presentation have come to a close, and the new trends will have retailers and press thinking about a strong and commercially interesting season. As seen in London and Paris, the trend for strong outerwear, bold new pattens and sport-inspired tailoring will be a continuing theme next season. In Paris...
Jul 4, 2013