23 June, 2011

On Louis Vuitton, Peter Beard and mood board moments

Contrary to Tom Ford’s ‘keep it exclusive’ stance, it’s becoming more common for fashion followers to expect a preview of the new collections in some form or other. We already have the pre-show behind-the-scenes tweets (Pat McGrath is single handedly killing it with her menswear show tweets this week), but I’m also loving the revealing of the mood board – as seen in yesterday’s piece by Suzy Menkes on Kim Jones’ first collection for Louis Vuitton. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 3 Comments Books, Brands, Design, Designers, Fashion shows, Menswear, Photography Kim Jones, Louis Vuitton, mood boards, Peter Beard, SS12, Wooyoungmi

19 June, 2011

Trend alert: SS12 – Prints get punchier

Something tells me that punchy, head-to-toe prints will be the new colour-block come SS12. Taking the lead from Prada ss11, we have seen extreme, colourful prints from three highly influential brands: Celine resort ss12, Preen resort ss12 and Prada menswear ss12. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 2 Comments Brands, Design, Designers, Fashion shows, Menswear, Trends Celine, Givenchy, Marc by Marc Jacobs, Prada, Preen, print, Resort, SS12, Stella McCartney, trends

5 April, 2011

From the vaults: the return of the trunk show

Last year I wrote a piece for Glass magazine about the newly revived interest in trunk shows. The trend is building in 2011 with the launch of businesses like ‘online trunk show’ Moda Operandi and the likes of Jason Wu hitting the road, so I thought I would reproduce the piece here. (more…)

Disneyrollergirl 1 Comment Brands, Business of fashion, Designers, Events, Fashion shows, Retail concepts, Trends

18 March, 2011

H&M magazine: The new power of beauty

I’ve been fascinated by the growing interest in beauty trends filtering from the catwalk straight to the consumer in recent seasons, so I was thrilled to be commissioned by H&M magazine to write a piece on the subject. (more…)