AW11

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22 Mar 2011
Fabrics and Textiles: Herringbone

Herringbone is the term used to describe a very traditional weave pattern involving the repetition of V shapes to form...

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21 Mar 2011
The Tribes of Westwood, Owens and Demeulemeester

Images from Irving Penn and the AW11 collections of Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens and Vivienne Westwood. One of the fundamental...

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18 Mar 2011
Handmade Fabrics at Alexander McQueen

Alexander McQueen, AW11, Paris. As good as full length catwalk images are, they only go part way into showing how...

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17 Mar 2011
High Rounded Necklines and Collar Variations

Jil Sander, AW11, Milan. There are so many details that come together to make up the collections each season that...

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Sequins in various shapes and styles from Prada, Louis Vuitton, Comme des Garçons, Rodarte and Christopher Kane.
15 Mar 2011
Sequins Reimagined

Sequin swatches from the AW11 collections of Prada, Louis Vuitton, Comme des Garçons, Rodarte and Christopher Kane. Sometimes even the...

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14 Mar 2011
Dai Fujiwara for Issey Miyake: Process as Presentation

Issey Miyake, AW11, Paris. Often when designers present their work it seems that the aim is to make the process...

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10 Mar 2011
Carefully considered fastenings at Yves Saint Laurent

Yves Saint Laurent, AW11, Paris. It seems to be an easy mistake to make to leave the garment fastenings until...

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09 Mar 2011
Overlocked edges at Comme des Garcons

Comme des Garçons, AW11, Paris. Half the fun of looking at a Comme des Garçons collection is in looking at...

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08 Mar 2011
Yohji Yamamoto’s Wool Top Hair

Yohji Yamamoto, AW11, Paris. The hair styling for the Yohji Yamamoto Autumn-Winter 2011 show was amazingly colourful and made the...

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07 Mar 2011
Fundamentals of Pattern Making: Viktor & Rolf Dart Clusters

Viktor and Rolf, AW11, Paris. Once you know the dart value that you need to have in your pattern you...

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