Raf Simons, Menswear, AW11, Paris. A wonderful teacher once told me that menswear was a careful balancing act between different...
30 Mar 2011
Victorian Dress: Men in Morning Dress from 1840 and Two Women in Visiting Dresses from 1852. There are some rules...
29 Mar 2011
Cristóbal Balenciaga, Silk Gazar Evening Dress, ca. 1959. We are all aware of the effect that a major art exhibition or...
28 Mar 2011
There have been some interesting examples of late where designers have reinvented traditional prints and textile weaves. At times they...
25 Mar 2011
Lanvin, AW11, Paris. There are two main approaches that can be taken when converting a design into a 3D object...
24 Mar 2011
Mary Katrantzou, AW11, London. It’s always good to revisit collections when you’ve got more time to appreciate the work that...
23 Mar 2011
Christian Dior Toile, Made in Paris, 1954. Image from the V&A Collections». If you’ve ever read an interview with a...
22 Mar 2011
Herringbone is the term used to describe a very traditional weave pattern involving the repetition of V shapes to form...
21 Mar 2011
Images from Irving Penn and the AW11 collections of Ann Demeulemeester, Rick Owens and Vivienne Westwood. One of the fundamental...
18 Mar 2011
Alexander McQueen, AW11, Paris. As good as full length catwalk images are, they only go part way into showing how...
