Tag: Fashion Week
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LFW; King Kane.
Christopher Kane is having a moment. With bright lights and pompoms to boot. And with the power of PPR behind him, this is just the beginning of great things to come, judging by the star collection he turned out. His is, a talent certain to go far beyond his Topshop collaborations. He did that, and…
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LFW; An Appropriateness- Wickstead, Saunders and Rocha.
Remember that age old advise from mother on dressing up? Chest or legs never both? This was a lesson in perfecting appropriation; even when something is on show, there is an illusion of propriety. The Wickstead woman is a snob, an upper class snob and she works it in her look. Her superiority is enchanting and somewhat…
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LFW; An Understated Confidence by Richard Nicoll
Richard Nicoll is feeling for the new kind of cool woman and this is how he wants to dress her. I ain’t mad at that. Nothing is sexier than a confident woman. This was easy rider meets super high fashion which resulted in a most appealing form that stopped a good several inches shy of…
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LFW; Look to Love; Luxe be a Lady
She’s London’s answer to New York’s Power Player. Her look is understatedly cool and purposely sexy but without being obvious about it; if you can strike the balance then you know what I mean. If you can’t…oh well then. Its eschews the casual with an ingeniously high fashion lean, an easy type of luxury; day…
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LFW. Look to Love; The Charm Offensive.
London is known as the rebel at heart of the fashion industry; we do things the way we want to, there’s never an overarching theme, you never know what to expect from one show to the next. But what we do best in London, is put things a little to the left; offbeat. Something gets…
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NYFW. The Freshman and The Graduate.
Delpozo, the Madrid based brand, debuted in New York for AW’13. A collection of well sculpted dresses and separates, rounded shoulders, roomy hips and waisted. Couture married with RTW, something about it smacked of Roksanda Illincic, but make no mistake Delpozo is a brand that will quickly attain cult status. The collection was refreshing, firm,…
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NYFW. Diffusion-Infusion
Nothing is more bankable than a woman’s love for handbags and shoes but the diffusion range, when aimed right, is attaining that level of bankability alongside. There are a plethora of diffusion ranges out there, some don’t quite meet the mark; quality for one, style for another but most importantly the confusion about who their…
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NYFW; And the Colours!
Normally we expect black to be the overarching colour theme for the Autumn Winter Season but designers are having a love affair with colours, colours of the brightest kinds. From the brightest greens to the most beautifulest blues, sweetheart yellows, precious pinks, perfect purples, heart stopping reds… All things bright and beautiful we won’t be…
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NYFW; The Coats!!
All the coats. Oh the coats!! There were coats and coats and more coats. For all body types, heights and preferences. Trench coats, cocoon coats, short coats, long coats, high collared, no collared. all kinds of collars and the colours. In rich beige, luxe cashmere, blacks of course, leathers, quilted… The camel coat is back…