JW Anderson’s show had everything I could possibly dream of. His show notes described his unisex approach as ‘taking ‘stuff you’d probably expect to see on girls on boys and vice versa and making very little of it’. So out came the now-familar bovver boots (decorated (more…)
Rule one of fashion eventing: provide food and they will come. And so we made our way to the Billiard Room at the Sanderson Hotel to experience the fashion and food delights of Markus Lupfer’s tea party. Lupfer’s witty knits are well known now so step by step he (more…)
That Charles Anastase is a bit of a whizz with a coat isn’t he? Continuing the youthful nostalgia tip of DAKS and Orla Kiely, he presented a megamix of his signature looks, showing great variations on the pleatback, half belted outerwear in mohair, ponyskin and (more…)
A youthful ‘Princess Margaret meets Jackie O’ kind of summed up DAKS for me with lots of English classics – Guernsey sweaters, quilted waterproofs, pleated skirts, DAKS plaid – given a new spin with clever plays on tradition. The full quilted ball skirt and sweater combo is surely the winter version of Jil (more…)
