If you’re going to spend serious money on a leather biker jacket, you may as well go to the experts, no? Schott pioneered the biker jacket in 1925 and designed the Perfecto in 1928. For ss11, the Perfecto has been reinvigorated with a playful new colour palette as well as contrasting-coloured collars and fur or shearling trims. (more…)
What did Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman think of Christopher Kane’s AW11 granny knits? Will she be sporting Stella McCartney’s ‘banana’ sleeves come autumn? What about Jil Sander’s preposterous ski pants? Ask Alex these burning questions and more as she takes over the @Vogue_London Twitter account for two hours only. (more…)
Did smoking just get cool again? It’s National No Smoking Day but Adele is puffing on the cover of The Gentlewoman, Kate Moss was seen ‘avin’ a fag on the Louis Vuitton AW11 catwalk and a new minimalist plain-paper packaging directive for cigarettes is being proposed in the UK. Discuss. (more…)
There’s definitely a sleeve thing about to hit come September. So far the AW11 collections have been rife with bejewelled, knitted and furry sleeve details which make for warm arms but might pose something of a challenge when squeezing into your coat. (more…)
