In a rare catwalk appearance, Lila Moss opened Richard Quinn’s spring/summer 2022 show for London Fashion Week. Sitting front row was mum Kate Moss, British Vogue‘s Edward Enninful, and model Jordan Barrett who supported Lila by snapping photos and cheering her on. Moss was also joined on the catwalk by RuPaul’s Drag Race stars Bimini Bon Boulash and Tayce. Hosted at The Londoner Hotel on Tuesday, 21 Sept., Richard Quinn’s new collection focuses on colourblocking, volume, and technical fabrics. Quinn continues its signature contrast between punchy florals and fetishistic leather looks for spring/summer 2022, while embracing rich cobalt, aubergine, and yellow jewel tones. In a press statement, the brand dedicates the new collection to “modern people with a purp...
London Fashion Week is back for physical events, showroom appointments, and the best of the city’s street style. At the spring/summer 2022 shows, attendees were spotted in bold prints and colourful outfits to celebrate the return of the catwalks. From the best of LFW street style, we handpicked nine fashion trends that showgoers are loving. It seems Bridgerton and The Queen’s Gambit had more of a sartorial effect on us than we realised. According to London’s style set, corsets and check prints are here to stay well into spring 2022. Attendees are also keen on blazers, tailored trousers, and statement leather pieces. Blazers and chinos lend themselves to a corporate aesthetic that signals a return to the office. And statement leather pieces, like slick trousers, a smart pe...
Rihanna is already making the weekend feel extra sexy by giving us a teaser for the Savage X Fenty Show Vol. 3, which premieres on Amazon Prime Video on Friday, 24 Sept. “Oh you think you ready ?!” Rihanna captioned the cheeky video that features the mogul overlooking the city, wearing a sparkling blue, halterneck minidress, thong on display, and holding her hips while she stares into her own reflection. Despite Rihanna‘s FENTY label closing its doors, Savage X Fenty is thriving and expanding. For the third consecutive year, the Savage X Fenty show will be both a fashion show of the latest offering from the lingerie brand, and a cinematic feast with professional dancers, celebrity models, sensual lighting, and music that will hopefully include some of Rihanna‘s new ...
Bethany Williams’s new collection, All Our Stories, is inspired by the designer’s work with The Magpie Project, a grassroots organisation that supports women and children under 5 who are at risk of homelessness. All Our Stories highlights the stories of five of these families and photographs them wearing Williams’s richly textured garments made from textile and publishing waste. Some standout pieces from the collection are two corsets in collaboration with Welsh designer Rosie Evans, who made the corset boning out of fruit packaging waste. Six looks from All Our Stories were chosen for Williams’s submission for the 2021 International Woolmark Prize finals, and the designer spoke to POPSUGAR about how allyship with marginalised communities is the driving force of her...
If there’s one thing we need in our post-lockdown wardrobes, it’s colour. After a year of swapping grey pyjamas for black ones, it’s almost time to step out and be seen by the world. The best way to do this? In a showstopping palette. If you don’t know where to start, Pantone is here to guide the way. Following Fashion Month, Pantone shares their Fashion Colour Trend Report — their expert forecast on the hottest hues to look out for. Among their top 10 picks for New York Fashion Week and London Fashion Week, three of them perfectly reflect our collective moods after our shared lockdown experience. Shades of red and pink are definite standouts – a soft, delicate blush gives a feeling of gentleness that’s welcomed after a tough time, and a deep and sultry wine r...
Chanel hosted its autumn/winter 2021 show in Paris’s restaurant Castel, which boasts many small rooms that models walked through like being filled in a tiny house. While the presentation itself was made in black and white, the collection was full of tweed textures, quilted outerwear, and pops of fuchsia, cobalt, yellow, and lilac. “This collection is a mix of two influences,” said Chanel creative director Virginie Viard in a press statement. “The ambiance of ski holidays, which I adore, and a certain idea of cool Parisian chic, from the 1970s to now.” Layers of jewellery, gorgeous tweed coats, embroidered quilted outerwear, and ski salopettes are the focus of Chanel’s autumn/winter collection. Viard continues to play with the neon colour palette of sprin...
Dior‘s ready-to-wear collections by Maria Grazia Chiuri are among the highlights of Fashion Month. Every season, the designer is able to tap into the dreams and desires of young women, and translate that into a decadent presentation of fashion and design. For autumn/winter 2021, Dior put a dark and romantic twist on the fairy tales of mermaids, debutantes, and harlequins. For Chiuri, the act of dressing up means we can be anyone and anywhere — including mermaids in the deep blue sea, Bridgerton-inspired characters of a royal court, or Gossip Girl debutantes ready to take on the Upper East Side. Dior’s autumn/winter 2021 collection offers a sombre take on fairy tales with a palette that centres on black, dark blues, red, white, and grey. Key fashion trends include elevated leath...
Dior‘s ready-to-wear collections by Maria Grazia Chiuri are one of the highlights of fashion month. Every season, the designer is able to tap into the dreams and desires of young women, and translate that into a decadent presentation of fashion and design. For autumn/winter 2021, Dior put a dark and romantic twist on the fairy tales of mermaids, debutantes, and Harlequin jesters. For Chiuri, the act of dressing up means we can be anyone and anywhere — including mermaids in the deep blue sea, Bridgerton-inspired characters of a royal court, or Gossip Girl debutantes ready to take on the Upper East Side. Dior’s autumn/winter 2021 collection offers a sombre take on fairy tales with a palette that centres on black, dark blues, red, white, and grey. Key fashion trends include elevat...
Dior‘s ready-to-wear collections by Maria Grazia Chiuri are one of the highlights of fashion month. Every season, the designer is able to tap into the dreams and desires of young women, and translate that into a decadent presentation of fashion and design. For autumn/winter 2021, Dior explored the fashion fantasies that are keeping us entertained until we can have real world adventures once again. For Chiuri, the act of dressing up means we can be anyone and anywhere — including mermaids in the deep blue sea, Bridgerton-inspired debutantes charming a duke at a ball, or cottagecore cuties foraging in a local mushroom patch. Dior’s autumn/winter 2021 collection is sure to be a visual and sartorial sensation that will be streaming live on Monday, 8 March. Until the new collection ...
Versace always taps the most influential models for its ready-to-wear fashion shows. The legendary Italian house opened its autumn/winter 2021 season with a film starring Irina Shayk, Bella Hadid, and Gigi Hadid who is back on the catwalk for the first time since becoming a mum. The new collection “Step Inside La Greca” is confident and slightly rebellious with an emphasis on the brand’s iconic Greca motif, subtle graffiti details, and a smaller, rounded silhouette for womenswear. “I have realised that this is the future, the new way of communicating collections,” Donatella Versace said in a press statement about the industry’s move towards digital fashion weeks. “Models are like actors, they bring the designs to life, just like when a performer po...
Since launching in 2018, menswear brand Ahluwalia has quickly become a favourite of the fashion crowd, and now the brand’s designer Priya Ahluwalia is also a favourite of the crown. Winning the Queen Elizabeth II Award For British Design is the recent accolade in Ahluwalia’s growing list of recognitions — including the British Fashion Council’s 2019/2020 NewGen initiative and the 2020 LVMH Prize. The Queen Elizabeth II Award, previously given to Rosh Mahtani of Alighieri, Bethany Williams, and Richard Quinn, was presented to Ahluwalia by Sophie, Countess of Wessex, on Tuesday, 23 Feb. The Queen Elizabeth II Award For British Design recognises “the role the fashion industry plays in society and diplomacy and the movement of young designers that are both talented and ...