by Hannah Kane | Feb 17, 2014 | Fashion
Murmurs of hushed excitement rippled through the crowd as the first model emerged at John Rocha’s Autumn Winter 14 show, her head and shoulders enveloped in oversized, midnight ruffles, undulating above a black hand-crochet dress, interspersed with teardrop-shaped...
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 10, 2014 | Fashion
As the lights went down at Topman Design AW14, a specially-commissioned spoken word piece read by rock-star poet John Cooper Clarke set the mood: ‘Apparel, Jim, watch this space.’ Inspired by stormy Northern skies, heavy industry, sea-scapes and ship-yards, the...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 8, 2014 | Fashion
At huntergather’s glass-walled Wigmore Street store, visitors were slapped around the face with a collection which was as unapologetic as it was sexy, and whose tough aesthetic became a visual puzzle that pieced together inspiration from the 20th century’s many icons...
by Hannah Kane | Jan 6, 2014 | Fashion
A technicolour adventure to New York, Amsterdam and the mountains of Tyrol unfolded at luxury knitwear label John Smedley’s London Collection: Men’s showcase this week. Dubbed ‘The Journey’ and inspired by the well-thumbed pages of family photo albums dating...
