Strides Ahead with Chalayan

Fashion democratisation is in full strides if Hussein Chalayn’s SS08 collection is anything to go by.  Instead of showing a traditional catwalk show, he chose to partner up with SHOWstudio to shoot a film presenting his collection ‘Readings’.  It’s said that there was some resistance from the fash crowd (not surprising…) but watching this film… Continue reading Strides Ahead with Chalayan

The Best of Helleu…

I don’t tend to post about bereavements of fashion figures unless I was truly moved/shocked to of someone’s passing.  I don’t particularly want to make a habit of it either as it will all surface up on the major fash news sites.  However the death of Jacques Helleu (Chanel’s artistic director) on Friday at the… Continue reading The Best of Helleu…