House of Holland

Posted Tuesday, 24th February '09 20:37

Henry Holland could always be counted on to buck any trend for sober, sombre and pseudo-intellectual dressing. It's simply not in his nature to tone anything down. Indeed, toning up was very much the theme of his Autumn/Winter collection, inspired by the colour-blocked, graduated shades of Pantone colour blocks and...

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Meadham Kirchhoff

Posted Tuesday, 24th February '09 18:48

Last season's Meadham Kirchhoff collection preempted Autumn/Winter's obsession with armorial constructs - witness the duo's plated, patched and laced jeans and bleached-out denim doublets, hard sells at the time but suddenly looking just the ticket. This season there was similar excitement to see where the team would take those ideas...

Fashion East

Posted Tuesday, 24th February '09 18:23

London, as the smallest of the four fashion capitals, is a well-established and much-beloved breeding-ground for fledgling talent, welcoming new design with open arms and showcasing it to a worldwide stage. Could the confrontational, iconoclastic likes of Westwood, McQueen and most recently Pugh really have made their early presence felt...

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David David

Posted Tuesday, 24th February '09 16:31

With the frenetic, frantic catwalk schedule wearing out even the best of us, it's a pleasure to break with the somewhat staid tradition of the catwalk show for a foray into film. Last season and this, London's 'Prints Charming' David David has opted out of runway presentation in favour of...

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Peter Pilotto

Posted Tuesday, 24th February '09 16:24

Last season, it was Peter Pilotto who showed in the back-to-back early morning slot reserved for up-and-coming talent to watch - graduating from off schedule, to on schedule, to their own defined place on the schedule has been an uphill struggle, it seems. Still, their armorial print dresses of last...

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