by Hannah Kane | Jan 22, 2014 | Fashion
In a box-fresh curtsey to pumped-up-kicks princess Cara Delevigne, trainers were given a couture twist at Chanel’s SS14 collection, with mesh-detailed sneakers glittering beneath full-length gowns. Whether you love or loathe the high-tops-and-haute-design combo,...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 22, 2014 | Fashion
Be inspired by our bespoke daily Polyvore outfit. Inject some sparkly glamour into your winter daywear with this rather fabulous Gucci lamé trench. Loosely cut with a nipped-in belted waist, it works well draped over a Nina Ricci silk print skirt and Topshop fluffy...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 21, 2014 | Lifestyle
Become a master of modern manners with our micro-guide to posh William Hanson “Asking for a branded beer like a Corona at a dinner party,” writes William Hanson in his new book The Bluffer’s Guide To Etiquette, “will make your host feel uneasy...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 21, 2014 | Fashion
Xiao Li has been named Merit Award Winner for Fashion Scout AW14, and will receive a fully sponsored catwalk show and exhibition at Fashion Scout at the Fashion Scout Paris showroom. The Chinese born, London-based designer – who studied at The London College of...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 21, 2014 | Culture
If you’ve been doing the rounds of London Collections: Men over the past couple of weeks, you may have already heard the exhilarating, January-cobweb-banishing “indie pop noir” of LA-based trio Early Morning Rebel. Dustin Bath (guitarist), Nathan...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 21, 2014 | Beauty
Clean up your skincare with May Lindstrom’s line of angelic organics If we have ever needed proof that organic products are more than capable of contending with the most luxurious of their chemical contenders, May Lindstrom provides just that. Founded just over a year...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 21, 2014 | Fashion
Be inspired by our bespoke daily Polyvore outfit January: it doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. Get your bright-on with turquoise hues and citrus accents – as spotted on this pair of Isabel Marant drop earrings and Charles Philip’s two-tone...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 20, 2014 | Fashion
With the dust fully settled after the whirlwind of LC:M, and a flock of male models come and gone, Cesar Perin, Unsigned MGMT scout and judge on ITV’s The Complete Package, gives his pick of the British male models to watch in 2014. The Rockall Brothers Haydn...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 20, 2014 | Fashion
Today the British Fashion Council has announced that J. JS Lee, Nasir Mazhar and Sophia Webster are the latest womenswear designers to have been awarded the prestigious Fashion Forward prize. J JS Lee SS14 The scheme, which was established in 2009, seeks to encourage...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 20, 2014 | Culture
Sure, Netflix is wonderful; you get to wear your unicorn onesie, simultaneously read a magazine and pop to the loo (God damn that wholesome January water intake) whenever you wish. But doesn’t a tiny part of you long for the immersion of watching a box-fresh...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 20, 2014 | Culture
As Girls enters its third season, Harriet Baker examines why Lena Dunham’s bold, brilliant series continues to define her generation It feels like a very long time since we caught up with Hannah, Marnie, Shoshannah and Jessa, the haphazard twenty-somethings on...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 17, 2014 | Fashion
After meeting in the UK and launching Creative London in 2004, design duo VIN + OMI went off to work in the US. Now, this fashion week, they’re coming back with their first London show in 10 years. Speaking exclusively to PHOENIX, Omi talks of the pair’s...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 17, 2014 | Fashion
Don’t be fooled by the cool ice-cream shades and playful shapes of Fam Irvoll’s SS14 range. There’s a macabre undercurrent running through it, with floral prints counterbalanced by dead insects and mice motifs, reflected in its tongue-in-cheek title:...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 16, 2014 | Fashion
Within the echoing halls of the Old Sorting Office, guests sipped on cocktails handed out by gleaming models lined up at the door, while dance music throbbed through the speakers and campaigns shots were projected onto the walls. And this was just the pre-show waiting...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 15, 2014 | Fashion
In the cavernous expanse of the Old Sorting Office, YMC’s AW14 collection juxtaposes casual, sporty pieces with sharp, sartorial design. This look is epitomised by the preppy-meets-street combination of a sweater draped over the shoulders of a tailored tracksuit. A...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 15, 2014 | Fashion
It was a brooding melancholy that pervaded Christopher Shannon’s daring and innovative Autumn Winter 2014 show, held at the blacked-out Sorting Office. As the models stalked the runway in Adidas trainers with tendrils of wet hair plastered to their face, it became...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 15, 2014 | Fashion
Like a monochromatic cult of turbo-charged arctic warriors, the models at KTZ’s AW14 show stomped down the runway in heavy duty snow boots, faces frosted with silver paint and foreheads striped with slivers of metallic embellishment. In keeping with the brand’s...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 15, 2014 | Fashion
Combining elements of the trend-conscious urbanite and practical traveller, Christopher Raeburn’s ‘Polaris’ for London Collections: Men moved his brand in a new direction. Building on his Remade in England concept – which sees original military pieces deconstructed...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 15, 2014 | Fashion
After an impressively short delay due to a dramatic exploding water pipe that spewed steaming hot water over a swathe of showgoers, the Oliver Spencer show at the Old Sorting Office began in earnest. Specials drummer John Bradbury played a live set from the middle of...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 15, 2014 | Fashion
There’s a relaxed mood at Nicole Farhi’s AW14 presentation, the models casually chatting to each other and unceremoniously switching positions on the triangular catwalk, usually prompted by a dominant member taking the initiative. The informal ambience...
