Amongst all the unconventional changes happening within the fashion industry, the British Fashion Council (BFC) has announced a change of direction for London Fashion Week this year. In fact, for the next 12 months, both womenswear and menswear shows will merge into one gender-neutral platform, which will allow designers greater flexibility.In light of current events, the fashion week planned...

Described as a brand of confident style and subtle femininity, Nanushka is known for drawing inspiration from the spiritual journey through cultures and time, effortlessly combining function with flair and delivering a modern, versatile, day to night wardrobe for the contemporary customer.Launched in 2006 by London College of Fashion alumni, Sandra Sandor, the label was born as a natural...

“Creativity has been a part of my life since childhood and cherished in my family,” explains Julie Brøgger, founder and Creative Director of the eponymous brand Brøgger. With a playful approach to fashion that mixes feminine and masculine, varying from sharp tailoring to soft silhouettes with a consistent balance between formal and day wear, Brøgger is...

After numerous worldwide fashion weeks were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was recently announced that this year’s LVMH Prize will have no winner.    The young designer competition, which was supposed to be taking place at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris on June 5th, will instead have finalists Ahluwalia, Casablanca, Chopova...

Originally founded as a partnership between French designer Yohan Serfaty and businessman Gilles Elalouf, Y/Project was once known as a conceptual design and original detailing menswear label. In 2013, when Serfaty passed away, Belgian designer Glenn Martens found himself as the creative director of the brand.    “It was an extremely emotional...

Givenchy officially announced in a statement, that after three years of collaboration, the Womenswear Show held on March 1st 2020 will be Clare Waight Keller’s last collection for Givenchy.   The designer, who is known for designing Megan Markle’s 2018 wedding dress, joined the brand after Riccardo Tisci left for Burberry.   “As the first...

While Italy may be known all over the world for its proficiency towards slow fashion and craftsmanship, only lately what has been defined as the craftiness of mind and hand has emerged as one of the season's more poignant trends.    While this has only emerged recently on the runways, through the Spring Summer 2020 collections of McQueen, JW...

While Milan Fashion Week may be known for its calendar surrounded by a smattering of fashion behemoths such as Prada, Armani and Gucci, slowly but surely, a series of young talents have emerged during the years, favoured by industry insiders and celebrities alike.    Still, given the current situation, how will this crisis impact their...

Remember the fable of the ant and the cicada? Let’s use that fable as a comparison for the fashion world. While there are many designers nowadays thriving on the glitz and glam of social media and its fast-paced tempo, some others instead, prefer to conduct their businesses in a rather tranquil way, silently working their way up the ladder in order to...

After last week's previous announcements which declared the postponement of Milano Moda Uomo and the Paris shows to September, the Pitti Group also divulged the change of dates of their upcoming fairs and events.   The majority of the fairs will be hosted in September (the 98th edition of the show will be hosted from the 2nd to the 4th of...

Marco Zanini is no rookie in the fashion system. With a background that counts experiences at Versace, Halston, Schiaparelli, Rochas and Santoni, the designer has, over time, developed a cult following his appointment at Rochas. It comes however, as a surprise, to why an experienced designer like Zanini would want to take a ‘gamble’ on himself and...

To kill time in this period of confinement, I set out to stitch the button on a coat I had only worn 3 or 4 times. Then, I remembered that another button was detached from a jacket that was not much older; that the hem of a pair of trousers was beginning to unravel; that the lining of a coat was loose by a few centimetres. That several parts of my dressing room were in need of small repairs...

While Italy may be at the epicentre of the pandemic at the moment, the Coronavirus crisis has been affecting every country, state and industry. Yet, how have designers been reacting? We talked to a series of designers who were supposed to present their collections at Rakuten Fashion Week in Tokyo and asked them about how, regardless of the cancellation of Fashion Week, they are reacting and...

When designer Molly Molloy and stylist Lucinda Chambers left Marni after more than 15 years working together, they both knew it couldn’t be the end of their friendship and mutual collaboration.And so Colville was born. Named after a street in London David Hockney used to haunt, the brand was established in Milan in 2018 and has become known for its rather unique and effortless way of merging a...

Regardless of where you’re from and what style tribe you associate with, the blazer is and remains an item of clothing with an innate timeless quality to it. After all, the garment has a rich history associated with it, as the prototypes of this item of clothing hail back to the uniform of rowers at Oxford and Cambridge, which were meant to keep them warm during chilly training sessions and...