>Thom Browne is for me a bit like the marmite of NYFW. Or whatever yeast-y spread equivalent that would be. Oh wait, Americans don’t put yeast-based spreads on their toast. Which just about affirms my point about Browne’s singularity. You either love it or you hate it. There’s an established patter to his shows now that people… Continue reading Singularly Thom Browne
Category: Designers
Givenchy Love Letter
You know how it goes down during fashion week. I start penning for other people like my life depends on it so here is an expanded version of the piece I wrote for Dazed Digital on the poignant Givenchy show that took place last night: “It was a celebration of my ten years at Givenchy… Continue reading Givenchy Love Letter
Buckle Up
“If you get the right bag, an It bag, a hit bag, your label moves into a different league.” So said the fictional British designer from that guilty-pleasure read from years back, Fashion Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones (free e-book to skim read if you want to kill a few hours). Since publication nearly ten years… Continue reading Buckle Up
Erdem’s She
Some designers speak with lashings of references to “I” or “Me”. Some use the brand associated “we”. Erdem Moralioglu talks about “her” and “she”. “She” is the girl or woman (or someone in between) that is in Erdem’s mind constantly, as he designs collections and builds sets around her. For A/W 15-6 she was an eclectic American ingenue… Continue reading Erdem’s She