DSquared catwalk Fashion Show Milan Menswear FW2015

When two designers like Dean and Dan Caten mark their 20th anniversary, one can expect an over the top celebration. The duo did not disappoint — at least on the frolic front — with a great venue and live entertainment.

Heavy rain did not withhold guests from flocking to the Hangar Bicocca in Milan on Friday night, where Anselm Kiefer’s installation “The Seven Heavenly Palaces” served as backdrop for a fashion show. There was one recurring look — skinny denim pants with cowboy boots, plus outerwear options ranging from common puffers to lumberjack jackets inspired by the duo’s home and native land. This looked best when the Canadian mountaineer took on a rock ’n’ roll guise in parkas generously lined with fur and styled with matching trapper hats.

The highlight was a surprise performance by Mary J. Blige, who walked out for the finale dressed in an embroidered burgundy tuxedo, followed by the twins lip-singing to her rendition of U2’s “One.” It was her birthday, too.

Menswear London Catwalk Fashion Show FW2015

First up on the Fall/Winter 2015 menswear circuit was the London menswear fashion week. The most obvious trend was the strange resurgence of the 1970s, this time filtered through a hint of ’90s revivalism. With flared trousers, Bay City Rollers tartans, and Evel Knievel allusions. Still many other designers also picked up the autumnal color palette, shearling outwear, and raw, pale denim that defined that decade, often showing them in a slimmer, slightly more wearable iteration. An renewed exploration of wide, loose trousers, and a continued emphasis on plaid or tweed tailoring also marked the shows in London, as did references to the era-appropriate pop prep of British artist David Hockney.

Here are some highlights.

BURBERRY PRORSUM

 

J.W. ANDERSON

CRAIG GREEN

 

MARGRET HOWELL

ALEXANDER McQUEEN

CHRISTOPHER RAEBURN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Orange Babies 15th Anniversary Arrival Wall

Who was there at the 15th anniversary ball of Orange Babies in Amsterdam.

Streetfashion KINGPINS Amsterdam

Where denim-pro’s and -addicts meet you’ll find denim streetwear. Take a look at what they wore at Kingpins Amsterdam.

This was KINGPINS Amsterdam, october 2014.

For the second time Amsterdam was the capital of denim, by hosting The Kingpins Show. Kingpins started out in 2004 as a tiny denim supply chain show for denim pro’s tired of the mad scramble and soul-deadening crush of handshakes and “who are you’s?” and badge-checking at the huge, impersonal sourcing shows that dominate the industry.
The idea was: keep the exhibitor-list tight, invite only the best brands, serve tasty food, treat everyone like family and create an atmosphere that’s conducive for networking and relationship-building. It worked out pretty well.

The second edition in Amsterdam was a success. Also because of the first Global Denim Awards, won by Jonathan Christopher.

Global Denim Awards 2014

The first Global Denim Awards are a fact. Last night at De Hallen in Amsterdam young designer Jonathan Christopher received the award/cheque worth  10.000 euro. The Global Denim Awards is an anual event that pairs the worlds premier denim mills with emerging designers. This year it were six designers: Stefano Ughetti, Gizem Turan, Jonathan Christopher, Fernanda Fernandes, Bhavesh Samji and Anneloes van Osselaer.

The collections were judged by a panel of international denim experts based on the merits of the design and innovative nature of the denim fabrications. The award – 10.000 euro – was made possible by e3, the winning designer also will have the collection displayed at the Kingpins shows around the world.

Jonathan Christopher presented a collection together with ITV and got his inspiration by nomads. His Nomadum collection gives a peek in the different worlds of nomads, the urban nomad wondering through the city but also the ones that go through rough terrain. Destroying the garments, and getting it dirty, collecting waste material and making it into something beautiful. Jonathan Christopher made it into a modern,  rough collection.

Thank you Oscar !

Thinking of glamour-dressing to the max, but with style and class – you had to think of Oscar de la Renta. The American designer – born in Puerto Rico – died october 21st at the age of 82.

His career began in the 1950s in Spain and sprawled across the better living rooms of Paris and New York. De la Renta was the last survivor of a generation of bold, all-seeing tastemakers.  Though ill with cancer for close to eight years, Oscar de la Renta was resilient. During that period his business grew by 50 percent, to $150 million in sales, as his name became linked to celebrity events like the Oscars. Amy Adams, Sarah Jessica Parker and Penélope Cruz were among the actresses who wore his dresses. Recently his biggest thing was to make the ivory tulle gown that Amal Alamuddin wore to wed George Clooney in Venice.

Oscar de la Renta achieved fame as a couturier to socialites and as a red-carpet king. He also dressed four American first ladies, but it was Hollywood glamour that defined him for a new age and a new customer.

Here are some highlights of his collections from the past five years.

 

 

 

 

Hermes Catwalk Fashion Show Paris Womenswear SS2015

After four years at Hermes designer Christophe Lemaire is going to focus on his own namesake label. So on the closing day of Paris fashion week Lemaire presented his last collection for the brand. Not with too much fuss though. Just a show full of solid, clean, slightly seventies inspired clothes. Coats and dresses draped around the models’ bodies in shades of white were the opening looks. Beige, camel, sand tones, a splash of yellow, red and navy blue followed as culottes, shorts, pencil skirts and suits made their appearance, sweaters tied around the hips. Crispy, fully buttoned shirts were paired with the label’s best leather. Like a pair of croc leather shorts, a suede snakeskin jacket and a navy shirt paired with some dark denim pants. A woven multicolored coat with leather lining looked impeccable, especially with the right bag and shoes. A clean, elegant, modern collection with some surprising travel inspired touches; a worthy goodbye for Lemaire.

Miu Miu Catwalk Fashion Show Paris Womenswear SS2015

Small black lines formed the models’ eyebrows, their hair was pulled back tightly and their faces screamed “don’t mess with me”. They wore girly/dressed up ensembles of knee length skirts, printed belts, cropped ruffled tops, woollen coats and eye-cathing pumps (with bows) and platforms. They looked cool, they looked hot and they seemed up to no good. “Female trouble”, as Miuccia Prada described it. Contrasting prints, colors and materials were in the mix here, almost as if clothes were picked up from a local flea market. Yet with the help of some fierce looking leather the looks somehow did go well together and formed a perfect, rebellious collection.

Louis Vuitton Catwalk Fashion Show Paris Womenswear SS2015

Please enjoy the pictures for now, our review will follow shortly

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