Expectations rose as a packed-out audience sipped their Bacardi’s, looking on at the lengthy preparation for Olanic’s AW09 presentation at London Fashion Week. Designer Nicola Taylor was tipped by Vogue as […]
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London Fashion Week: Ana Sekularac AW09
Being late may be fashionable. But there’s nothing chic about opening your fashion installation 45 minutes late or for that matter still having a lady sweeping the floor, a man […]
Read MoreOn|Off Exhibition: AW09
The On|Off exhibition made a new home for itself this year in London’s Science Museum, showcasing a selection of off schedule designers at London Fashion Week. The theme for the space […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Avsh Alom Gur AW09
Avsh Alom Gur is a man with a sense of humour. Strutting to a soundtrack of songs about money, his models wore dresses, catsuits and jackets with the words “Credit […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Twenty8Twelve AW09
Twenty8Twelve was always going to be a wearable collection. Anyone who hoped otherwise must be sorely disappointed. But those who knew what to expect should be happy indeed. For their […]
Read MoreFashion gets political
Perhaps it’s the Michelle Obama effect, perhaps it is a fabulously well-played campaign or maybe it is a love of fashion, that has pushed the Prime Minister’s wife Sarah Brown […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Luella AW09
Luella is one of those brands that are loved by all. With her wearable designs, that make everyone look stylish she is a fashion lover’s dream. She was therefore going […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Christopher Kane AW09
For the Spring/Summer 09 shows, I appeared to be one of the only people who wasn’t in awe of Kane’s offering. Yes I love those acid brights, and I am […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Louise Amstrup AW09
Danish born Louise Amstrup, showcased her third London Fashion Week show at Vauxhall Fashion Scout on Sunday, and having recently been selected to open the season’s Copenhagen Fashion Week with her AW09 collection, expectations […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Bora Aksu AW09
Naughty but nice is the best way to describe Bora Aksu’s show. With a Marilyn Manson soundtrack and Jodie Harsh perched in the front row, it seemed Aksu was determined […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ashley Isham AW09
There was much to love about Ashley Isham’s collection. Models with quiff’s that Prince would be proud of strutted their way down the catwalk in a selection of gowns influenced […]
Read MoreChloe’s Sevigny’s new line for Opening Ceremony is revealed
In the UK Opening Ceremony is seen as one of those legendary stores. I guess in much the same way that Dover Street Market is for non-Londoners. With the launch […]
Read MoreFashion whispers: Pugh to move to Dior Homme
Fashion week is on so let the front row gossip begin. Now we heard from someone who knows someone who heard from someone that Grazia is saying that Gareth Pugh […]
Read MoreThe Qasimi After-Party: Nothing to report!
What: Qasimi after-party Where: The Cuckoo Club Why: Sadly I can’t tell you why you should have been at the Qasimi after-party because despite having an invitation, my friends and […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Maria Grachvogel AW09
With a jazz inspired soundtrack and each model sporting a grey silk skull cap, there was more than a whiff of the 1940s at the Maria Grachvogel show. The collection […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Modernist AW09
Aptly named ‘Exotic’, Modernist’s new collection incorporates natural and man-made materials ranging from Crocodile to goat and silk to cashmere, contrasting in a way that produces sumptuous texture, whilst not detracting from […]
Read MoreVauxhall Fashion Scout: Julia Smith, Alexandra Groover & Ones to Watch AW09
While the majority of London’s fashion elite battled for a seat in the main tent outside the natural history museum, a cutting-edge crowd was gathering at the Vauxhall fashion scout […]
Read MoreVictoria Beckham coming to an online store near you
Victoria’s latest collection caused quite a stir once again at New York Fashion Week. Still journalists are shocked that she can actually design, that she is actually good at it, […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: It can’t be…it is, it’s Kanye!
This London Fashion Week has been a strange one, nothing happening quite as you expect. Usually mundane designers are creating kooky collections, whilst the ‘ones to watch’ are falling flat […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week is on the move
At the first show of London Fashion Week, which is always Paul Costello. It is customary for the chairman of the British Fashion Council to make a speech and declare […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Eley Kishimoto AW09
“Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away this was the Eley Kishimoto theme. After handing over my invite which looked like a boarding pass, I was swept to […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Nicole Farhi AW09
This was a shockingly good show. Nicole Farhi is one of those designers who is famous for being classic. She can be relied on for the fail safe fashion, constantly […]
Read MoreYoung entrepreneurs are rewarded at LFW
On Saturday morning I enjoyed a champagne breakfast. Well, actually I lie, I was crammed into a champagne bar early in the morning clutching orange juice (as there were no […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ann-Sofie Back AW09
This show followed straight on from Peter Jensen, so if I was gushing a little too much in my Jensen review it was because this was in contrast horrific. The […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Peter Jensen AW09
Peter Jensen is the king of kooky style. There is always a grown up cutesy feel but without being sickly. This was a very unusual collection and felt slightly more […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: John Rocha AW09
This was a surprisingly strange show. There are designers you rely on for beautiful simplicity, like Betty Jackson and Paul Smith, John Rocha is one of these. But this Autumn/Winter […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Jenny Packham AW09
What do you get if you cross gypsy style, with Indian beading and a tassel salesman? Jenny Packham’s Autumn/Winter 09 collection. It was the strangest show. Jenny Packham is loved […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Charles Anastase AW09
So what do you do, when you’ve put your best clothes on, your wearing staggering high heels, you’ve got your ticket in hand and then you have a door slammed […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Ashish AW09
Arriving in a Leicester Square full of confused tourists, I rounded a corner to discover a massive queue waiting to get into the show. Ashish was the hottest ticket of […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Central St. Martins AW09
This is one of the shows that fashion lovelies flock to see. This show is almost a game, as each member of the audience sits backs and attempts to spot […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Noir/Bllack Noir AW09
This was ethical fashion’s time to say, “hey, look, we can be super slick, super sexy, and super fashionable to. And they did show the world that ethical fashion doesn’t […]
Read MoreGareth Pugh edits Time Out
To help celebrate London Fashion Week (which starts TODAY!) designer of the moment Gareth Pugh has edited the latest issue of Time Out London. With his pick of models and […]
Read MoreLondon’s fashion saviour: Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson is the most unlikely fashion icon. But we couldn’t love him more, because he has announced that he is helping London Fashion Week. The London Development Agency (LDA) […]
Read MoreDaisy makes commuting fashionable
Unlike the other fashion capitals of the world, London doesn’t really notice when Fashion Week is in town. I will mention to friends that I’m off to the shows or […]
Read MoreBig Wardrobe.com – the new way to shop!
With Fashion Week upon us, it is time to get wrapped up in the big dresses, the big names, and the big money. London Fashion Week will be kicking off in the […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week is on the move
So just when we’d all started getting used to London Fashion Week being back at The Natural History Museum, there are now rumours it’s moving on. Perhaps taking a lead […]
Read MoreThe Fashion Week countdown: Pam Hogg
Whilst New York Fashion Week has been causing a stir with all its’ changing venue, lack of catwalks and love of Barbie antics. It is easy to forget how wonderful […]
Read MoreWilliam Tempest wins Vauxhall Fashion Scout merit award
Our favourite designer of the moment is going from strength to strength. Not only has he started to attract the media attention he truly deserves, but he has finally been […]
Read MoreThe quirkiest fashion collaboration yet
Jojo & Malou have just announced their collaboration with online store Asos. The Swedish designers are renowned for their kooky prints and individual flair, having dressed Gwyneth Paltrow, Agyness Dean […]
Read MoreMove over Jourdan, Barbie’s our catwalk queen
Barbie is 50 this year, and she is looking better than ever. To celebrate she is getting her own catwalk show at New York Fashion Week. And if an entire […]
Read MoreFashion Forward winners announced!
The British Fashion Council has put its money where its mouth is by backing Christopher Kane, Marios Schwab and Erdem with its Fashion Forward sponsorship scheme for the second season […]
Read MoreAntoni & Alison: Cleverly kooky or catastrophically kitsch?
Every year the Antoni & Alison slot is always filled with something that little bit different. Last year, lucky show-goers were invited to watch Nicole Kidman present the new collection […]
Read MoreFive Minutes With: Inbar Spector
After a gloriously gothic, entirely theatrical show I crept backstage to meet the brains behind the self-named label. There I found a sprightly gothic pixie, Inbar Spector a tiny beautiful, […]
Read MoreRoksanda Ilincic: Drab not fab at Fashion Week
Wind back the clock precisely one year and Roksanda Ilincic was showing off her sassy spring summer 08 collection. It was savvy, it was feminine and it had guts. A […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: The Round-Up
The Trends: Stepford Wives , Ladylike glamour with a sexy edge, think form fitting dresses and pencil skirts. Playschool , A childish trend to embrace the sun, think primary colours, […]
Read MoreAvsh Alom Gur’s Amazing Prints
Some would argue but I think Avsh Alom Gur’s prints were the best I’d seen on London’s catwalks for Spring/Summer 09. Inspired (quite obsessively) by the chair, this was the […]
Read MoreBackstage: Note to the Models at Ashish
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Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: SADO
SADO presented their Spring/Summer 09 collection this week to much applause. The utterly wearable line had strong influences from tropical art deco Miami with a colourful palette of blues, pinks, […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Aminaka Wilmont
As winners of last seasons Fashion Fringe trophy Aminaka Wilmont have quickly established a name for themselves, most often associated with avant-garde shapes and innovative use of fabrics. There was […]
Read MoreLondon Fashion Week: Modernist
On arrival at Modernist show guests were presented with a single pastel pink rose setting the tone perfectly for the uber romantic, dreamy collection which followed. It was by far […]
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