MAN KATIE EARY A recent graduate of the Royal College, Katie Eary has previously taken George Orwell’s controversial Animal Farm as a starting point for her firebrand vision of menswear. For summer she moves to another seminal writer, William Burroughs, and his texts that monitor the abuse of body and mind through drug addiction. Thus [...]
Texture, texture, texture everywhere by the time we got to see the Charles Anatase show in the old grandeur of the Islington Town Hall it appeared like stripped back minimalism. It was refreshing to see silk as silk, cotton as cotton and leather as leather in clean block colour devoid of pattern. The look was [...]
Sunday 20/09/09 180 The Strand sponsored by On/Off With a background working for designers Roland Mouret, Jonathan Saunders and Erdem it was hard to anticipate what direction Smith’s debut collection would take adding to this Smith has created one off pieces for Alison Goldfrapp and Beth Ditto. The collection took reference from the [...]
Getting a little fashion frazzled round the edges we made our way to the Korean Cultural Center to see the presentation by design duo Steve J Yoni P, as with recent collections they presented an ethereal performance piece. The models stood or sat static around the stage whilst a harpist pplayed a eerie lingering tune. [...]
On over to Free Mason Hall for Vauxhall Fashion Scout present and Cooperative Designs installations. For the past for seasons we have been entranced by the bold and seemingly abstract arrangements of block colour and graphic elements being pursued by Cooperative. Always a strong mix of craft and retro modernity there is an ongoing reference [...]
BFC tents, Somerset House Presentation is everything and all the styling stops were pulled out for Kinder Aggugini’s second outing for LFW, full on thematic hair and make up, full on styling and music all driving home the concept “the loss of innocence”. The models were tousled and trussed up like a disheveled Jane Eyre [...]