Runway Reviews
Splash Café Society AW ’15 Fashion Show
05 Oct 2015
Imagine a chic club brimming with the affluent and the well-travelled. It’s a space that brings a section of people who connect through their mutual love for fashion, travel and music. Splash created that atmosphere for its guests this season to showcase the AW’15 collection that was an amalgamation of classic trends with an updated look.
The cafe was a glamorous one which saw the Bespoke Military and Retro Futuristic trends coming together to create the ultimate look for a jet... Read More
Ulyana Sergeenko Haute Couture Fall Winter 2015-16
06 Sep 2015
Ulyana Sergeenko is a star in her native Russia and her glamorous and romantic looks are constantly snapped by street-style photographers. Her Haute Couture collections attract a bevy of celebrities fascinated by the exquisite femininity of her creations that pay tribute to the history of Russia by referencing the stylistic language of the country accented by masterful craftsmanship in the shape of fine and elaborate embroideries that echo the Russian heritage. The current collection is a... Read More
Chanel Haute Couture Fall Winter 2015-16
06 Sep 2015
The Chanel Autumn/Winter 2015-16 Haute Couture collection could be the perfect script for a Hollywood French-American colossal. Gathered around a private club’s game table recreated specifically for the fashion event at the Grand Palais are some of France’s most famous maison’s old and new friends, from Kristen Stewart to Alice Delall, Julianne Moore and Rita Ora as well as Isabelle Huppert , Geraldine Chaplin and Vanessa Paradis. While the actresses are concentrated playing at the roulette... Read More
Alexis Mabille Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015
02 Jul 2015
French designer Alexis Mabille is reputed for the cheekiness and girlishness of both, his Haute Couture and ready-to-wear. This season was no different, and yet the designer achieved to infuse a poetic and bucolic beauty into his floor-skimming, body-con shaped evening gowns. "There are strange evenings when flowers have souls", read the show-notes. And it was precisely the delicate soul of a burgeoning flower that Mabille wanted to capture, hence embroidering magnolia garland appliqués,... Read More
Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015
02 Jul 2015
"I have always been projected into the future, rather that into the past. But also the past can be interesting if revisited in the right way." These few words uttered right before the show are the key to understand one of the most beautiful haute couture collection seen so far. Raf Simons, Dior’s creative director, after the success obtained a few days ago with his menswear collection, keep winning over clients and fashion editors with a haute couture collection that will go down in history... Read More
Atelier Versace Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015 collection
04 May 2015
Back to sensuousness for Donatella Versace who, with the Atelier collection, focuses again on the female body and experiments with creations that defy gravity and a more conservative elegance. The clothes are experimental with a high degree of creativity that, instead of covering the body, must enhance it, expose and celebrate it. A great sartorial mastery based on well-thought and accurate anatomical rules by which every single curve is underlined, where necklines, rigorously asymmetrical,... Read More
Moscow hosts 30th Season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia
04 May 2015
The world’s limelight turned its focus firmly upon Moscow even as Russia’s largest city and its renowned capital hosted the much-awaited 30th season of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia from March 26 to 31, showcasing the F/W 2015/2016 collections of leading as well as debutant designers
From March 26 to March 31 Moscow hosted Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia with Season Fall-Winter 2015/2016. The largest Fashion Week of Eastern Europe traditionally occupied the central venue Manezh... Read More
Victor & Rolf’s goes Van Gogh…
08 Apr 2015
Victor & Rolf’s went over the top for Van Gogh for its SS couture collection. Of course, it is no coincidence that this year also marks the 125th anniversary of one of the world’s greatest artists ever – Van Gogh.
In fact it has even inspired the famous Keukenhof flower park in Denmark to honour the famous Dutch artist with a flower bulb mosaic of the artist portraying pure flower power. But we’ll talk more about that later.
At V... Read More
Dolce & Gabbana’s Alta Moda fantasy
08 Apr 2015
Magical Milan’s famous Teatro alla Scala theatre was the setting for famous fashion duo, Dominico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana’s spring/summer 2015 Alta Moda presentation. They invited an exclusive group of guests to join them in the Italian city for a very grand finale to a week of couture.
This is the first time Teatro alla Scala opened its doors to host an event like this and so it was to turn into a celebration of Italian fashion at its best as well as a to the... Read More
Harvey Nichols-Dubai Secret Garden Show SS2015
09 Mar 2015
Another year, another spectacular show put together by Harvey Nichols Dubai. This year's theme for their SS 2015 preview was "Secret Garden", giving it an extremely Alice in Wonderland touch whilst entering the main arena before the show. It's safe to say that we can definitely expect to see a great variety of designers at our favorite department store this summer - and we can't wait to get our hands on them!
Entering through a magical, foliage-filled secret garden, giant keys,... Read More
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