Christian Dior, Haute Couture, SS11, Paris. Considering all the controversy surrounding Galliano’s exit from Dior it is worth returning the...
07 Apr 2011
Lanvin, AW11, Paris. There was a beautiful little metal detail in the recent Lanvin collection which I thought was worth...
04 Apr 2011
Junya Watanabe, AW11, Paris. In the recent Junya Watanabe collection there was some great details in the leatherwork which are...
01 Apr 2011
Hermès, AW11, Paris. Constructing a garment is a complex process which goes back and forth between cutting the fabric and...
31 Mar 2011
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...
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...
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...
