The Style Council
When it comes to cutting-edge style and pop culture, no city can swing it like London and this year is the 25th anniversary of the British Fashion Council, which has helped promote some of the country’s most iconoclastic designers. It was in the fall of 1984, during London’s first fashion week, that a young unknown named John Galliano presented a groundbreaking collection titled “Afghanistan Repudiates Western Ideals.” Other innovative designers would follow, like the duo behind Bodymap, who t... nytimes.com |
Mariachi cries at Gaultier conclude Haute Couture shows
PARIS - Spring-summer 2010 Haute Couture displays ended yesterday with a piercing mariachi cry at Jean Paul Gaultier's raucous south-of-the-border-themed show, a neon paradise of receding hemlines at Valentino and endless sweet and... nzherald.co.nz |
Wedding belles
Possibly nothing incites more wardrobe angst than receiving a wedding invitation. Yes, all that love and romance and life-long commitment is wonderful, but ohmigod, what am I going to wear? There's usually more to a wedding than just... nzherald.co.nz |
Haven on earth
Stop the world, I want to get off. Just for a day, so I can catch up with the chores at home, and pay some bills, and plant out the vegetable garden which I have been meaning to do for ages, and...Actually, a week would be better.... nzherald.co.nz |
Burberry: Riding for a Fall
Christopher Bailey's collection was vroom! vroom! until it came to the wobbly footwear. nytimes.com |