Fabrics and Textiles

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30 Jun 2011
Tulle Topiary and Geometric Panels at Walter Van Beirendonck

Walter Van Beirendonck, SS12, Paris. Walter Van Beirendonck must be one of the most consistently fun menswear designers. His collections...

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27 Jun 2011
Rainbow Gradients at Christopher Kane

Christopher Kane, RST12, London. Christopher Kane has an uncanny knack for repeatedly using colour in it’s most unabashedly vibrant form....

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24 Jun 2011
Houndstooth at Erdem, Stella McCartney and Jil Sander.

Erdem, RST12, London. The houndtooth check pattern has been appearing in tasteful doses of late in a variety of different...

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23 Jun 2011
Wider, Shorter, Chunkier at Jil Sander

Jil Sander, Menswear, SS12, Milan. For a long time the menswear silhouette was all about tall and lean garments on...

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14 Jun 2011
An Intimate Documentary on the Work of Helen Rodel

Video still from “Estudos MMXI”, 2011. It happens too often that the most authentic fashion stories and behind the scenes...

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08 Jun 2011
Interior Swatch Book at Marc Jacobs

Marc Jacobs, RST12, New York. You would be forgiven for thinking that the fabrics above look like something out of...

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26 May 2011
Prada’s Vibrant Colour Palette

Prada, SS11, Milan. In the long space of time between when we first see garments on the catwalk and when...

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20 May 2011
Painterly Velvet at Erdem

Erdem, AW11, London. For his Autumn-Winter 2011 collection, Erdem Moraglioglu moved his signature florals into more dappled territory with digital...

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19 May 2011
Silk Extremes at Felicity Brown

Felicity Brown, SS11, London. Designers have very different approaches to designing each new collection. While some are continually trying out...

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12 May 2011
Devore at Daniel Lee

Daniel Lee, Central Saint Martins MA Collection, 2011. Students and graduates often develop their own textiles for their collections as...

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