As Milan Fashion Week has come to a close and whilst a lot people overlook it in their anticipation for Paris, I’ve been digging and nosing around in my local bookstore and came out with a little booklet called ’40 Years of Italian Fashion’, of drawings and sketches of supposedly the most famous Italian fashion… Continue reading Italia Remembered
Category: Designers
The Touchable New Gen
With the high level of organisation behind Graduate Fashion Week, more and more opportunities are being presented to fashion graduates in the UK to get their work out there faster and their name stamped into the industry. I spoke of Selfridges graduate pop-up shop which will be up from 1st-7th October and Nina & Lola’s… Continue reading The Touchable New Gen
Simons puts Sander in the Skies
I know it’s a little too early to say but I’m thinking Jil Sander is ranking high up there in the chart of top 10 collections of SS08 for me. Raf Simons is taking the label outside of the boxed-in attitude and there’s a definite intent to expand the Sander clientale as well as trying… Continue reading Simons puts Sander in the Skies
Future Classics Revisited
Future Classics is one of those labels that I found whilst ‘dream shopping’ in Selfridges. ‘Dream Shopping’ is something I did when I was 17-18 when I was traipsing around department stores but not yet old enough to afford anything. It’s going around touching things, yearning for things, mentally taking notes of ‘Things to buy… Continue reading Future Classics Revisited