It’s the age-old question in fashion and one that keeps doing the rounds as old houses find themselves with vacancies, new names appointed and the equation of balance, heritage and forward-thinking comes to the fore. It can be a bit of a mind-boggler for even the most elite of mathematicians working in the fashion field; in fact, this could just be the season of bad debuts. Because that...

Everywhere you look in every collection so far, there's a lot of stuff. Be it surface design and decoration, design quirks and tweaks, layers of stuff to interfere with the silhouette. It's busy. It's also getting a little boring. So praise be for JW Anderson and his very clever style spoke that came today three looks into his Loewe collection.   Photo by Gio Staiano for...

In these most uncertain of times, designers prefer to daydream and romanticize their recollections of days long past, instead of engaging with the times to come.  Nostalgia is the theme on everyone's lips. This is nothing new, of course, since fashion is but an eternal re-interpretation of past trends. It is like a cherished memory, perpetually on repeat and occasionally punctuated by some...

For anyone complaining Olivier Rousteing was a one-trick pony, let them be silent. They may not necessarily like what he's done next either in the transparent-zip skirts that opened the show, but the point is he doesn't just do bling jackets and dresses. There was swing here too for a night-at-the-opera of a collection that was a trip down memory lane for the designer who first visited Palais...

The first night of Paris Fashion Week: barely-there little beach numbers with string-tie backs; sarong skirts and serious brims to grapple with; "La Bomba" was the Spring/Summer 2018 collection from Paris favourite Simon Porte Jacquemus. In a note of tribute to his mother, he explained it was an ode to her beauty, and the looks recalled wandering for souvenirs upon an evening with her along the...

There have been a lot of big and overpowering stories heading into Paris Fashion Week. There was the Lanvin debut (which in case you missed it, well don't worry), there was the Dior show shift making Tuesday more chocca in terms of scheduling than ever before (to go to Theyskens or Saint Laurent? That was the question!) and there's still yet to come – Clare Waight Keller's debut at Givenchy,...

MILAN—Handbags and accessories played their part in fuelling designers' trips down memory lane and, well, they’re… trippin' out.  Here are some leather goods and accessories that dictated the season’s trends: Heritage:  Versace – Donatella took it way back to the 90s and the heyday of legend Gianni Versace. Bags, like the Vogue Magazine cover pantsuits and the thigh-high studded boots,...