It is often that fashion editors fall in love with a designer’s work, so much so that in their eyes they can do no wrong. Continue reading “Over intellectualizing fashion: a risky business” »
Romantic, boulder-strewn landscapes and anonymous cityscapes — neon lights shining in the dark — these were the dreamscapes of Dries Van Noten’s haunting spring-summer 2012 ready-to-wear collection Wednesday. Continue reading “Photogenic Van Noten” »
Paris finally! Remember Josephus Thimister the Belgian fashion designer who Anna Wintour back in 2001 had named one of the twenty-first best fashion designers? Continue reading “Troubled man: Josephus Thimister” »
Complete with mud and Heinekens the catwalk for Dean and Dan Caten of Dsquared² was meant to resemble a mud pit at a Rock fest… Continue reading “Dsquared²: clothes to rock out in…” »
I think it was 1979 or eight…We were finishing off one of those L.A. fashion Glam nights back then when they were few and far between. Continue reading “My encounter with Angela” »
In a previous review I stated that Raf Simons collection for Jil Sander was a bit sterile…and put me in a coma…and he must of given some kind of wacky pill to those Fashion Editors at large that fawned over his collection…. Continue reading “The pill may have worked for Raf…after all” »
Every one knows how important food is to an Italian… Continue reading “Dolce & Gabbana : Buon Appetito!” »
Who says that nurse and masseuse uniforms can’t be chic! Continue reading “Raf Simons clinical chic for Jil Sander” »
Essere chi vuoi: in Italian translates to be who you want to be, in this case it wasn’t an Army recruiting slogan, but as empowering statements go one that Antonio Marras didn’t take lightly this season. Continue reading “Antonio Marras play in three acts” »
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Kustom Kulture and the late Boyd Coddington may all be cited as the creative drive behind the latest Miuccia Prada 2012 Spring showing in Milano. Continue reading “Prada’s Kustom Kulture” »
As London comes to a close sans a show by Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen on the calendar, Milano begins their fashion week. Gucci’s Frida Giannini channels the 20′s epoque with an array of deluxe flapper dresses in black gold and white with art deco motifs. Continue reading “Gucci’s sinister art deco” »
Last summer, Danielle Scutt was on a voyage of discovery on the other side of the Atlantic. ‘I wanted to spend a month in New York to see if I could actually live there,’ she explains. Continue reading “Danielle Scutt fierce and direct” »
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