Master of the catwalks in the 90s and early 2000s, he signed off on the novelty of a new masculine fashion that had been buried by centuries of stagnation. Hedi Slimane swept it all away to give a radical evolution to the male silhouette, the likes of which hadn’t been seen since Giorgio Armani in...
The runway for Karen Walker’s Fall/Winter 2014 Ready-To-Wear Collection combined the feel of vintage with some of her more traditional and iconic pieces. For example, one could see full skirts and blouses that paid homage to a more Victorian Era, but with this needlepoint rose print, the show screamed none other an Karen Walker. She...
“Classic, to me, is something that’s timeless, enduring. The things that never go out of style. Polo, the kinds of clothes I designer are the kinds of the things I believe in, the kinds of things that last forever. I love things that stay.” Ralph Lauren
It is certainly clear that Vivienne Westwood was inspired by the mid-nineteenth-century portfolio of Charles Frederick Worth for her Fall/Winter 2014 Collection. However, it would not be a classic Vivienne Westwood line without her own twists and turns. She manages to intertwine the “museum” look with bits and pieces of prints and passion. She also...
Nicolas Ghesquière was inspired by none other than the Safari look for the new Fall/Winter 2014 Ready-To-Wear Collection for Louis Vuitton. There were various types of skins, suede, and leather in this new collection and of course, these materials were used in innovative ways. However, although innovative, one was able to spot iconic traits of...
Artistic director of Chloe, Clare Waight Keller, is known for showing the combination of feminine and boyish in her collections. This new collection for Fall/Winter 2014 shows a third element as well: wild. All the looks still manage to show a feminine side with soft and loose fabrics such as silk, and they also give...
The Burberry Spring/Summer 2014 London Campaign, titled “Spring Storms” does a fantastic job of retaining the classic Burberry style. With the trench coat making a statement in stormy shades of blue, grey, and pink, the house continues to show off this iconic piece. However, for the sake of Spring/Summer 2014, these trench coats are in...
Olivier Rousteing brings the iconic multicultural style back for the Balmain Fall/Winter 2014 Ready-To-Wear Collection. He celebrates the combination of safari chic with hip-hip to represent a diverse and globalised brand. With cargo jackets, zebra stripes, and electric pops of color, Balmain’s Fall/Winter 2014 Collection embraces different ethnicities and cultures and maintains the global status...
At a time where people are becoming more individual and when fashion is adopting a contrary idea of similarity in its collections in the all-powerful West, devoted to creating a homogenous style, the return of something a bit more heraldic is like a call to arms to return to one’s identity, to one’s origins, and...
While the dress composed of metal tiles were triumphant for Paco Rabanne in 1966, Julien Dossena manages today to reinterpret this taste for innovative materials while keeping a conventional aspect, reaching a wider audience. He easily succeeds in creating a metal skirt with soft and gentle movements, transforming some of the original rigidity of this style which lacked...
