To say Tommy Hilfiger show was a carnival is an understatement at best. The American designer pulled out all the stops, showcasing what a well-oiled marketing team looks like for their first in-season fashion show, except maybe for the budget and available resources. From the moment they decided to tap Gigi Hadid as co-designer for the fall collection, to the opening of the gates for over 2,000...

Occasionally, certain trims seem to go away for a while – for better or for worse and whether it’s warranted or not. Sometimes it’s because they’ve become outdated or abused; other times it’s because they’ve fallen out of grace or been overused. And yet, if fashion has taught us anything, it’s that everything comes back at some point or another; it’s just a matter of time. Case...

While seeing fall product on the cusp of the fall season makes sense practically, one can’t help but feel somewhat confused by the contrast of other spring-infused collections that are being shown simultaneously. This voluntary mix-up was definitely present in Tom Ford and Thakoon’s ready-to-wear shows. Dark, moody, and autumnal color schemes set the tone that fall is indeed upon us - not...

New Religion: life, comfort, hope and even mystery… yet for some it could also be the source of evil. Belief is intangible and no soul can take it away. A moment to reflect on what matters for you.   turtle neck: Issey Miyake, skirt: Emanuel Ungaro, headpiece: Augustin Teboul   dress & pants: Dorhout Mees, turtle neck: Allude, pumps: Charlotte Olympia   dress: Alfredo...

Across all the fashion capitals and all the menswear catwalks, you haven’t been able to move for bombers. They have been everywhere. Sometimes they’ve been more baseball, other times more blouson or varsity, but the overriding message is the same: guys, your wardrobe needs, really needs, a bomber jacket. Who to look to? Louis Vuitton had some seriously beautiful and neat little luxe numbers in...

Travel: almost every designer made reference to it this season across all of the fashion capitals; it was the big overarching theme. Hardly surprising, really, that everyone is seeking solace somewhere else right now. Escape is the ultimate antidote when real life brings you down and all you need to do is step inside your wardrobe to have that rectified. So where did everyone go? And who should...

“Now listen, I've been single for a while now And I been kinda lonely I've been looking for somebody to talk to, love me Someone who can hold me Is that you?“  CIARA   dress: Irakli, sandals: Awale Studio    dress: Loza Maleombho      dress: Ludovic Winterstan, sandals: Awale Studio    dress: Irakli   top & trousers: Loza...

Celebrating Rome and Italian Craftsmanship Another Couture season, another dose of Alta Moda in Rome. This time around, Artisanal Intelligence (A.I.), an event held bi-annually, introduced the “A.I Grand Tour,” a creative and fashionable journey through Rome's cultural heritage seen from a contemporary perspective.   The Grand Tour at Artisanal Intelligence, ALTAROMA, Courtesy of...

  Karl Lagerfeld and Silvia Venturini Fendi celebrate dolce vita and Italian excellence.    Recently, Karl Lagerfeld celebrated his Chanel Autumn/Winter 2016/17 Haute Couture offering in Paris with a show that paid homage to Les Petites Mains – his teams of seamstresses and embroiderers who make the magic happen each and every season.    The Fendi Haute-Fourrure Fall/Winter...

What kind of bride are you? That’s a question that can immediately be answered by your reaction to the couture collections and the parade of gowns that come down the catwalk with them. Because when it comes to couture, the role of the finale bridal gown is – literally – a big one (just see the swathes of fabric that make for the trailing trains and billowing skirts): it’s an important...

Couture is the ultimate celebration of craft, the work of the hand, the artisan, the time and detail and love that go into each piece. There’s no doubting that and it’s a wonderful thing to behold. There is just one tiny matter that trips up those of us who aren’t there on a shopping basis: less a case of having nothing to wear, it’s not having an occasion to wear said creations. Red carpet...

Ring it up, bag it up. Jean Paul Gaultier decided to drop the ready-to-wear side of his label back in 2014 to focus on perfume and couture and it's a move that has served him well – today's collection had everyone compiling mental shopping lists (seriously mental given the price this will all cost) and Anna Cleveland doing her best Anna Cleveland as she became a jiving woodland nymph putting...

Ever since VETEMENTS decided to put fashion's status quo upside and disrupt the industry's hierarchy and frantic pace, all eyes have been set on Demna Gvasalia in whom the industry saw a potential leader of a new generation of designers who wish to break with fashion's binary codes and hierarchy-based establishment.    The Maison Margiela Haute-Couture Fall/Winter 2016 show, Paris, by...

Whether in ready-to-wear or Couture, the set design of a Chanel show always plays an important part in Karl Lagerfeld's seasonal offering. In fact, it has a decisive impact on the collection's storytelling and the designer's creative vocabulary, which he thoroughly developed and established ever since he was appointed at the helm of the iconic French maison in 1983.     We all...

For the most part, dresses are the mainstay of couture. Pretty princess dresses. There’s no end of them to fulfil any kind of whimsical fairy-tale fantasy you may have. But they’re not for everyone. And when that’s the case, you can look to a tuxedo instead – this season there have been plenty of options to provide antithesis to those for whom frou is just not for them. Because, let’s face it,...