When Desire Heiss and Ines Kaag from Germany came together in 1993 to form their conceptual fashion label BLESS (debut in 1996) – little did they know they would be having a retrospective over a decade later. Their label is about taking fashion and redefining what are the ‘norms’ or perhaps disposing of the ‘norms’… Continue reading I would like to BLESS you all with BLESS products
Category: Designers
Style it like the Scottish
I’m not even going to insult Scotland by reeling off what normally pops into mind when one talks of the country (the tiresome haggis jokes and the ubiquitous ‘Men wear skirts’ thing…) because in fact, I truly believe Scotland is a fashion hotbed waiting to happen. Alexander McQueen’s A/W 06 collection’s inspiration? The wild highlands… Continue reading Style it like the Scottish
The AFW Down Under
I must confess that my knowledge of Australian designers is scant, bar the ones that make it over to the four main fashion weeks. Then I started to browse the Vogue.co.uk’s coverage of Australian Fashion Week and found myself liking a lot of things. The one thing that strikes me is how wearable everything is. … Continue reading The AFW Down Under
The Last Couture House of Britain
Whenever I hear the word ‘couture’, I immediately think of Dior, Chanel, Lacroix – an age-old artform stemming from Paris. But this year marks the 60th anniversary of Hardy Amies who opened his couture house on the famed Savile Row in London in 1946 and remains the last true couture house in Britian. He was… Continue reading The Last Couture House of Britain