
LFW A/W 15/16 Emerging Trend: Cocooning
A key trend emerging from the AW15 collections features cold weather dressing in all its forms. Cocooning the body in huge, padded and textured layers of tonal…
A key trend emerging from the AW15 collections features cold weather dressing in all its forms. Cocooning the body in huge, padded and textured layers of tonal…
Alessandro Michele’s first collection for Gucci womenswear (he previously designed the menswear collections) was a move away from Frida Giannini’s more formal take on the…
Marigold yellow brightened up the dull weather both on and off the catwalk at LFW and is fast becoming an emerging must have colour…
Directional styling, interesting fabrications and an eclectic colour palette make Marques’ Almeida one of the stand out collections of LFW. Refreshing for its lack of ‘theme’…
Titled Patchwork, Pattern and Prints, Christopher Bailey brought Boho back and then some, with his A/W Burberry collection. Rejecting the 70s looks favoured by NYFW for…
Paying homage to all that was bad (or good!) about the 80s JW Anderson’s A/W 15/16 collection wouldn’t look out of place on the streets of Dalston…
A stunning to collection to end a commercial, but largely un-exciting NYFW, Marc Jacobs chose style icon Diana Vreeland as his muse for his…
As New York Fashion Week draws to an end we bring together the most directional streets style from some of our favourite blogs and…
The 50 shades of grey movie may have been slated by the critics but all tones of grey are very much in evidence on…
Inspired by 90s hip hop videos of TLC and Salt-N-Pepa, Rag & Bone designer Marcus Wainwright created a contemporary interpretation of 90s streetwear saying, “It’s funny how…
During London Fashion Week, TOPSHOP will give their customers instant access to next season’s looks in an innovative partnership with Twitter. The brand will analyse real-time…
First developed in the 1950s the MA1 flying jacket in all its guises inspires a whole host of designers for A/W 15/16. Super shiny…
A key collection for its stunning colour palettes and pared down approach to red carpet dressing, Zac Posen “wanted to find a balance between the…
Proving that ditzy florals are most definitely a ‘thing’ for A/W 15/16 the DVF collection features them in abundance alongside pinstripes and lace, in…
Continuing with our showcase of work by final year BA Textile students from Chelsea of College of Arts, looking at outcomes from a brief based…
Continuing with our showcase of work by final year BA Textile students from Chelsea of College of Arts, looking at outcomes from a brief based…
Working with the final year BA Textile students from Chelsea of College of Art, USP set a brief based on our 3 macro trends…
Agender is a fashion exploration of the masculine, feminine and the interplay in-between. Set to launch in Selfridges mid March, the concept space created by designer…
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