“Wild beauty” was Sarah Burton’s inspiration behind the Alexander McQueen Fall 2014 collection. She insisted she was over construction, corseting, control. “I wanted to see the woman’s face again,” she said. “Free her a bit, touch her, feel her.” Her Fall Alexander McQueen collection was built on a swingy trapeze shape, a childlike proportion. “It’s […]
Giorgio Armani renews his bond with cinema through a project involving six prestigious international film schools. Each team created a short film capturing the distinct beauty of their metropolis using the Frames of Life eyewear collection as a ‘filter’. Films of City Frames is a unique narrative collage of urban adventures and chance encounters viewed […]
The inspiration for the Mary Katrantzou Fall 2014 collection can be found everywhere: the symbolic exchange of a stop sign, the meaning of color, heraldic insignia, the symbolic charge of a rose, uniforms, uniformity, all remixed through a lexicon of luxury, their symbolic devices forming the basis for intricate laces, embroideries, and brocades. Lines are sleek, […]
Introducing the charming art of Hiroshi Senju and his passionate work on the Fendi Baguette bag. The Japanese artist adopt his unique technique to personalize the Baguette with extraordinary results. The iconic handbag features subtle touches of glimmer in the front while in the back reveals artistic strokes created by spray paint and liquefied crystals. The Baguette bag was […]
The Sass & Bide Fall 2014 collection featured a variety of minidresses, shorts, and jumpsuits, sometimes all at the same time. These looks played with lengths and layers, and backstage before the show Creative Director Heidi Middleton herself wore a long skirt with a slice down the center to reveal a shorter layer beneath. “It’s all […]
Oliver Peoples is branching out with Oliver Peoples West, a new division of sunglasses inspired by the California lifestyle. West, a complementary segment to the mainline collection, offers a selection of casual styles designed for on the go. Taking cues from the coastal lifestyle, the line focuses on functional, modern design, an area the brand […]
The Gucci Museo in Florence is aiming to reach a global online audience. A new website, GucciMuseo.com, has now launchd and is translated into eight languages. It is divided into three sections: The Archive, Gucci and the Arts, and The Museo. Social networks are integrated to facilitate sharing via Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest, says WWD. […]
For the Maison Margiela Fall 2014 collection, the team took up British tweeds, filtering the codes of the male wardrobe through more feminine fare. A dress in striped suit lining became an underpinning for a lace-trimmed silk slip with a tweed back. Between the shoulder blades, the house’s familiar white cotton stitches were replaced with […]
This season, Creative Director Frida Giannini has energized the basic shoulder flap bag with a dressing of fringe and tassels exposed in the latest Gucci Nouveau Fringe handbag collection. Referencing a flap shoulder bag model from Gucci’s archives in the 1940s, this reincarnation comes in punches of black, berry and red (among others) and dressed in […]
French leather goods maker Moynat is joining the Mount Street juggernaut, setting its first boutique outside Paris on the luxurious London strip. The 2,000-square-foot unit opposite the Connaught hotel officially opened on March 12th. The two-level London unit, boasting four arched display windows, is to showcase women’s products on the main floor, with men’s designs […]
Pharrell Williams is teaming with Comme des Garçons to launch a scent for men and women. Called Girl — echoing the title of Williams’ new album — it marks the first time fashion maverick Rei Kawakubo has teamed with a musician to create a fragrance. Adrian Joffe, chief executive officer of Comme des Garçons Parfums SA, […]
This season, the Anna Sui Fall 2014 collection is inspired by Serge Luten’s photographs for Shiseido, fashion illustrations from La Gazette du Bon Ton, Biba, art deco jewelry, the interiors of Rose Cummings, and chinoiserie rooms and pavilions from European palaces. I’m mad about the colors of jade, cinnebar and kingfisher blue. The collection features ruby red striped Mongolian […]