by Hannah Kane | Jan 10, 2015 | Fashion
Photography: Andreea Bogdan
by Hannah Kane | Jan 10, 2015 | Fashion
Fashion journalist Tom Rasmussen rounds up his London Collections: MEN Day 1 highlights… The thing about London Collections: MEN is its inherent London-ness. Instead of being cooped up in the polygonal bubble that is Somerset House for hours on end, the daily...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 9, 2015 | Fashion
Each January, when the sartorial caper that is London Collections: MEN rolls around, it reminds me a little more of an Ealing Studios comedy; W1’s rain-slicked streets become a feverish caricature of British eccentricity, populated by earnest men in duster coats...
by Hannah Kane | Jul 7, 2014 | Fashion
Traditional tailoring is very much alive and kicking at LCM – but the man doing it with more swagger and panache than the rest is the definitive neo-dandy Joshua Kane. As his older sister, and editor-in-chief of PHOENIX I say this with pride! Josh sharpened his...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 24, 2014 | Fashion
London Collections: MEN | Model Portraits Name: Cam Agency: Oxygen Models What did you have for breakfast? I had pancakes and a pain au chocolat Name: Jacopo Olmo Agency: Bookings Models What did you have for breakfast? I had a pain au chocolat Name: Sebastian Sauve...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 18, 2014 | Fashion
The Desert Boneyard, Arizona. Home to 4,000 retired military aircraft glimmering under a relentless sun, some part-dismantled and waiting to be crushed for scrap metal, others kept intact for storage. You can always rely on Christopher Raeburn, master of sartorial...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 17, 2014 | Fashion
East meets East London for SS15 as Astrid Andersen takes her street cred all the way to Tokyo. Gradient sunset colours opened the show, adorned with black lacquer illustrations printed over urban sportswear and a stand-out long flowing sheer V-neck jersey. Black...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 17, 2014 | Fashion
Louis Leeman transformed the Pompadour Room at Café Royal into a lush hothouse filled with a fresh spring crop. Vintage fruit and vegetable crates were stacked to create raised beds and spotlights hung above shoes sat in soil. In the centre of the room was a...
by Hannah Kane | Jun 17, 2014 | Fashion
Topman Design was having another nostalgic moment this season, but how does a British high street gargantuan translate an American summer music festival to a generation that’s never heard of Woodstock? Digital prints in sepia tones, muted and mulled pastels,...
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...