Report by Julia Robson
Just when you thought everything that could ever be done to a bag has, along comes Katie Hillier and reinvents the shopper, clutch and attaché case, all in the same day. The only thing more incredible than her bubble-wrap black patent shopper at Luella was the frilly lady-on-the-loo-roll clutch. Or, perhaps the [...]
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The bag lady
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
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Fashion’s power broker
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Report by Anna-Marie Solowij
He wears the best suits and frequently occupies the choicest seats at LFW, adjacent to Sarah Mower, Natalie Massenet, Hilary Riva – some of the most powerful people in the industry. Meet Hugh Devlin, fashion’s family lawyer. He’s the man who makes the introductions to broker the deal that secures the finance [...]
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Erdem earns his stripes
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Interview by Clare Coulson
Photograph by Tara Darby
A self-confessed aesthete and lover of Merchant Ivory films, it’s no wonder that Erdem Moralioglu’s dreamy designs can induce a swoon. Add a head for business, a panache for print and a youthful edge, then watch him rise through the fashion
Erdem Moralioglu is sitting in his studio surrounded by his [...]
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People who shop for a living
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Report by Alison Bishop
The influential buyers unveil the trends they spotted, the pieces they loved, and what we’ll soon be wearing
Susanne Tide-Frater, Fashion Director,
Fashionair
As a retailer, I look for clothes that sell. But I also want to see some design flair that translates well for the customer, not just the editor!
I loved Jena.Theo, the winners [...]
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Designer Dish – Introducing Todd Lynn’s Desert Mirage
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Interview by Mrs Rubbish
Photography by Emma Hardy
You could say the first thing I ever toasted was my fingers. When I was three, I crawled up to the stove and stuck my hand on the
gas burner. My mum said it looked like she had tortured me. It is my earliest memory of being in our family [...]
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Parties
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
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Today’s Fashionable Creatures
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Drawn by Andrew Groves
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What’s the brief?
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
Dear designers,
What are we mere mortals to do, when you feed us with conflicting accounts at London Fashion Week? I’m about talking PANTS. Julian MacDonald, you are coaxing us into a world of outlandishly revealing under garments, which not so much cover the bottom, but show it off in the most flamboyant style. The duo [...]
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Tuesday’s Schedule artfully penned by Tanya Ling
September 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
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Parties
September 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment
Photography by Christopher James & Tyrone Lebon
With thanks to Aura
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