Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Louise Gray – A/W 2012 at London Fashion Week

Pepped up by some pre-show pop stylings and opening with a monologue by what sounded like a Soho drag queen – and a cheesed off one at that – the Louise Gray show at London Fashion Week was an attention-grabber … Continue reading

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Rugged Resplendence – Belstaff A/W ’12

Fashion week might look like it’s all beautiful people chit-chatting in the front row, models in gorgeous gowns and cocktails a-go-go – a lot of the time, it is – but it is also proper Hard Work, I’m here to … Continue reading

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Burnt Orange Beauty at Todd Lynn F/W ’12

Sharp tailoring, of course, was the name of the game at Todd Lynn in the Courtyard space this afternoon at London Fashion Week, but there were a couple of nice surprises in amongst the suiting and [Louboutin] booting. A wool … Continue reading

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Appropriate Aquascutum for F/W ’12

As the sky greys over and the spitting rain turns heavier, what better day than today for the Aquascutum show at London Fashion Week? (‘Rain shield’, people, it means ‘rain shield’.) Creative Director Joanna Sykes designed a collection that, bar … Continue reading

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Whitney Port talks ‘scary’ NYFW debut & UKINTM

February is a month of firsts for designer Whitney Port, the former reality star of The Hills and The City. She watched her dreams come true yesterday when she debuted at New York Fashion Week and sent the fall/winter 2012 … Continue reading

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Twilight’s Ashley Greene on DKNY Collaboration

It would be enough for most girls, I would imagine, to be a beautiful, young Hollywood star working with the not-exactly-hideous Robert Pattinson in the world’s biggest movie franchise. It would drive most girls wild to also date the likes … Continue reading

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Suited & Booted at Donna Karan F/W ’12

Behind every great man is a great woman. In his tux. That’s the message I took from Donna Karan’s slick fall collection of [mostly] tailoring at her show during New York Fashion Week. Karan showed trouser suits in greys and … Continue reading

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Into the Blue: The Underwater Trend for S/S12

Amidst the icy cold snap and talk of snowfall, it is brass monkeys more than sea monkeys that spring to mind this week, but when better to look forward to spring, where coral, seahorses and mermaids are central to the … Continue reading