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Paris Fashion Week: Day 7

Shirtdresses and coats were the order of the day at Sacai. Outerwear was best in combinations of baseball jackets and feral furs, cable knits and windowpane checks. The silhouette was a women's version of a men's-sized garment, but it was the detailing that stood out, like fur peeking out from under collars, cuffs, and sleeves of wool and tweed...

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Paris Fashion Week: Day 3

Roland Mouret is not a label that will propose an exciting new movement in fashion. But not every designer needs to chart of path of distinctiveness, sometimes it's about knowing what works, who the customer is and what flatters a women's body. And that applies to Mouret. Best known for his dresses, this season's presentation may not have the...

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Paris Fashion Week: Day 5

Junya Watanabe's autumn/winter 15 collection will be challenging to those who cannot see beyond wearability. Watanabe said he was “exploring dimensionality through clothing,” executed in cut, fold and construction. Circular Chinese paper lanterns or 3D incarnations of Victor Vasarely paintings started to blossom over the body accompanied by...

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Paris Fashion Week: Day 4

Loewe's London-based creative director Jonathan Anderson looked to the 80s for inspiration as he had done with his own namesake label during London Fashion Week last month. In Paris he showed modernist geometric prints patterned across dresses layered over metallic trousers. Leather jackets, a Loewe staple, came in classic slouchy silhouettes...

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Paris Fashion Week: Day 2

Christophe Lemaire, the former creative director of Hermès, showed his Autumn/Winter 15 collection a day after he announced Lemaire would be partnering with Uniqlo. His look is an every day wardrobe of unforced elegance. There are no gimmicks, screaming distinctions or over-styled looks. Outerwear was strong with raincoats, peacoats, duffles and...

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Paris Fashion Week: Day 1

It was art meets fashion at Japanese label Anrealage's second season on the Paris catwalks. Graphic and conceptional, designer Kunihiko Morinaga didn't introduce colour until the 22nd look. It was a play of light and shadow, with dark garments featuring lens-shaped colours that looked as if they were projected on the clothes. The clothes...

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Milan Fashion Week: Prada AW15

There was pistachio green and powder pink as delectable as macarons, but instead these were clothes that designer Miuccia Prada was challenging with ideals of beauty. What lies beneath the surface? On the catwalk we saw models dressed as debutantes from the 60s in all shades of pastel colours that were slightly off. The fabric of choice was a...

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London Fashion Week Day 5

Ashley Williams' fashion followers will be wearing leather corsets and 80s heavy metal tees, according to his offer next season. As the show commented, a voice over the sound system roared: “The key to saving the future can be found only in the past.” As was evident, Williams looked to the past to find inspiration in 80s and 90s pop culture and...

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London Fashion Week Day 3

Mulberry's appointment of creative director Johnny Coca late 2014 was expected to be a turning point for the British accessories company, which suffered a downturn since upping prices of its bags. Financials aside, the new bag to stimulate consumers next season is the Roxette, which came in a curly sheepskin version and croc printed calf hair....

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Tom Ford AW15

Surely it was a strategic move that Tom Ford chose to show his autumn winter 2015 collection in Los Angeles just before the Oscar's. With 50 percent of his guests hailing from the entertainment industry, the publicity of potential attendees wearing his collection is stratospheric. The clothes this season had the usual Ford flamboyance, with...

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London Fashion Week Day 2

Twins sets, over-sized cardigans and knitted dresses, it all felt strangely wearable at the Sibling show, who sent girls down the runway with 80s inspired punk hair to Blondie's 'Call Me,' The look was sophisticated school girls with ripped up tweed, razored hair and cardigans with a punk edge. There was latex, Mongolian fur, cobweb knits,...

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London Fashion Week Day 1

This London Fashion Week the British Council alongside the British Fashion Council have installed the International Fashion Showcase, now in its fourth year. The initiative aims to celebrate emerging designers from around the world. The BFC extends the invitation to a curated selection of designers over four days of London Fashion Week held at...