London Fashion Week AW13 | Nova Chiu

London Fashion Week AW13 | Nova Chiu

by | Feb 16, 2013 | Fashion

I’ll be honest, I’m no art aficionado, but when I read in the Nova Chiu show notes that the design duo were inspired by Korean-American artist Nam June Paik’s “Electronic Super Highway” I was fairly certain that I recalled the artwork...
London Fashion Week AW13 | Lug Von Siga

London Fashion Week AW13 | Lug Von Siga

by | Feb 16, 2013 | Fashion

The show notes at Lug Von Siga explained that the designer was inspired by the ancient Ottoman Empire and the superstitious practice of the time for hanging mirrors backwards and embellishing the visible side with figures and reliefs. However, the opulent...
London Fashion Week AW13 | Bora Aksu

London Fashion Week AW13 | Bora Aksu

by | Feb 16, 2013 | Fashion

Famed for their mix of innocent beauty and mischievous style of dance, the Dolly Sisters took the Vaudeville scene of the 1920s by storm. But their glamorous lives descended into tragedy, addiction and suicide, and it is this duality that inspired Bora Aksu’s...
London Fashion Week AW13 | Fyodor Golan

London Fashion Week AW13 | Fyodor Golan

by | Feb 15, 2013 | Fashion

In the gilded opulence of the Savoy ballroom, ex-Fashion Fringe winning duo Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman, aka Fyodor Golan, presented their AW13 collection. Entitled Belle De Jour after Luis Bunuel’s 1967 film, according to the show notes it “unravels the...
London Fashion Week AW13 | Zoe Jordan

London Fashion Week AW13 | Zoe Jordan

by | Feb 15, 2013 | Fashion

First up on day 1 of London Fashion Week was PHOENIX favourite Zoe Jordan. While her SS13 canary yellow tailoring is currently gracing our spring issue, autumn’s offering is a pared down monochrome affair of modern, minimal brilliance occasionally accented with...

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