Comme des Garçons, AW12. For her Autumn-Winter 2012 collection for Comme des Garçons, Rei Kawakubo presented a very flat collection that called into question the very nature of the way we view fashio...
Chanel, AW12. With so many looks, garments, different fabrics and embellishments involved in a Chanel show, it often takes a second look to fully digest the entire collection. As a fashion behemoth, ...
Balenciaga, AW12. Nicholas Ghesquiere has a knack for making his job at Balenciaga look easier than it actually is. After all, it is one thing to moodboard up an innovative concept and sketch up exci...
Balmain, AW12, Paris. To create an opulent collection in his second season at the head of Balmain, Olivier Rousteing drew on an array of techniques to create multi layered fabrics with an intense lev...
Alexander Wang, AW12. On first impression Alexanders Wang’s recent Autumn- Winter 2012 collection was all about textures - matt vs. shiny, coated vs. uncoated, bubbled vs. smooth. The subtext however...
Prada, Menswear, AW12. It was against the background of the homogenous men’s suit, that Miuccia Prada worked touches of individualism in her recent show for Autumn-Winter 2012. The looks were compris...
Comme des Garçons, SS12. Rei Kawakubo and the team at Comme des Garçons were able to tread a careful line in the exploration of female wedding gowns for the Spring-Summer 2012 collection. They gave u...
Rodarte, SS12. The Spring-Summer 2012 collection from Rodarte centered around the colours and textures that Vincent van Gogh used to great effect in his oil paintings. The tones were at times as vibr...
Proenza Schouler, SS12. Sleeve shapes and panelling are a subtle yet directional way that designers are controlling the feel of their collections. The raglan sleeve in particular has enjoyed a renais...
Gareth Pugh, SS12. The Spring-Summer 2012 collection by Gareth Pugh built in an interesting way, especially through the disciplined black and white pieces. While there are basic forms and silhouettes...
Junya Watanabe, SS12. The Japanese designers seem to have a way of conjuring up new fantasy headwear each season and pairing it with delicate models and deadpan facial expressions. This season was no...
Danielle Scutt, SS12. There was an interesting mix of high end / lo-fi street references in the recent Danielle Scutt collection for Spring-Summer 2012. On the one hand there was a certain youthful q...
Valentino, SS12. There are some designers who can take an idea or a technique that has been used time and time again, and can bring their own freshness to them to use the techniques in new and beauti...
Miu Miu, SS12. In the past few seasons there have been some great examples of designers taking fairly old-fashioned and dated techniques and using them in the context of more contemporary collections...
Jil Sander, SS12. There is a discipline that has crept into the most influential womenswear collections over the last couple of seasons that breathes of minimal, understated elegance and is built on ...
Giles, SS12. Lasercutting fabrics and leather is a clever technique that can be used to create lace-like effects out of more solid base cloths. The effect of laser cutting fabric completely changes t...
Prada, SS12. Miuccia Prada has a knack for combining disparate elements to create collections that are filled with a playful variety of textures, techniques and colours. While the overall mood of a P...
Lanvin, Kidswear, Pre SS12. Hidden at the back of the images of the Lanvin Pre-Collection for Spring-Summer 2012, are a bunch of gorgeous kids playing dress-up in Lanvin finery. The fun thing about t...
Pam Hogg, AW11. The Autumn-Winter 2011 collection by Pam Hogg had a darkly whimsical quality to it, combining disparate elements to create catwalk characters. On the one hand there were dresses, coat...
Missoni, AW11. There are some catwalk shows that are almost blinding in the designers use of colours, textures, patterns and layers of garments. Missoni is definitely one such show which can become a...
The debut couture collection by Giambattista Valli for Autumn Winter 2011 was filled with couture’s greatest hits, from graphic black and white colour schemes in sculpted and embellished dresses to s...
Yves Saint Laurent, Menswear, SS12. The images above and below from the Spring-Summer 2012 Menswear show from the team at Yves Saint Laurent, are an elegant example of how to use fastenings as a func...
Alexander McQueen, AW10. For many who knew or worked with Alexander McQueen, or for those many people who admired the work of Alexander McQueen, the pieces from his final collection must carry with t...
Vivienne Westwood Red Label, AW11 and Bas Kosters, AW11. The smudged up make-up used in the Autumn-Winter 2011 collections by Vivienne Westwood and Bas Kosters had a painterly, impressionistic qualit...
Gaia, SS12, Copenhagen. While the deconstruction of the white shirt had become a perennial fashion favourite, it is the blue shirt that Gaia has used as a focal garment for her Spring Summer 2012 col...
Maria Parsons, MA Graduate Collection 2011. The leap from concept to realised design can be one of the most difficult for student designers. Some students try to make entire labour intensive collecti...
Bouchra Jarrar, Couture, AW11. Often people think of couture as being the more extreme end of fashion, a designers playground where limitless budgets fund highly skilled artisans to create fantasy fa...
Miu Miu, RST12. The resort collections were not just about the clothes themselves, they were also a chance for the labels to show off their accessories through a still image / lookbook format. While ...
Anne Sofie Madsen, SS12. A lot of designers find inspiration in a hard vs soft, sheer vs opaque dialogue but often this can create construction problems as the weights of the contrasting materials fi...
Jean Paul Gaultier, Couture, AW11. There are some designers who create clothes that have a great sense of movement, often through the sheer volume of fabric used in the garment or the amount of space...
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