NYFW has wrapped and London is the latest port of call on the Fashion Month schedule. My New York highlights (from the comfort of my phone obvs) have been The Row, Raf Simons and Gabriela Hearst’s executive realness (you know how I feel about caps rn). Not to mention Raf’s jacket when he rocked up at the Marc Jacobs show… (more…)
I missed the memo that TASAKI, the pearl specialist has brought Prabal Garung on board as creative director for its TASAKI Atelier line.
I really love the modern statement aesthetic of this brand; Melanie Georgacopoulos also does a fantastic job with her M/G TASAKI line (above). We’ll be able to see it for ourselves when the jeweller opens its first European flagship in New Bond Street this summer. (more…)
“I thought, what are the punchiest graphics? I was passing a newsstand, saw a billboard for The Sun, and thought: that’s it! There was no Snappy Snaps or anything where you could get T-shirts done. So I did the lettering, got it exposed on to linen graphics paper, and stitched it onto a silk T-shirt.”
Fashion designer Katharine Hamnett, Vogue, talking about her famous political moment, when she wore her emblematic ‘58% don’t want Pershing’ T-shirt to Number 10 in 1984. (more…)
Here’s the latest weekly DRG STYLE INDEX ranking, a round-up of the brands and industry stories currently buzzing on my radar…
1. WALES BONNER INTRODUCES WOMENSWEAR
Happy news for Wales Bonner fans, she’s officially embracing womenswear. Business of Fashion reports that the dedicated 12-piece line will be released in June. (more…)
