Gurls Talk Premiere Event in Partnership w/ Coach & Dazed
While in recent months the times have been trying, sometimes it's good to be reminded of all the positive and empowering vibes still around us. On July 1st, Gurls Talk will be hosting their first event with a day-long festival of female empowerment. Gurls Talk in partnership with New York fashion house Coach and supported by Dazed will kick off their free and open to the public event with a talk…
ASTRID ANDERSEN
Always a favourite of London Fashion Week Men’s, the silence and anticipation of crowd at Astrid Andersen’s SS18 show revealed this year to be no different. Astrid Andersen, a woman who confronts the unexpected and makes it desirable. A pioneer in the luxury sportswear game, SS18 proved Andersen remains unrivalled.
Her signature velour comes this season in a moss-like greenish gold, recalling…
MAISON MIHARA YASUHIRO
As the first Japanese designer to show on schedule at London Fashion Week Men’s, it was brave of Mihara Yasuhiro - creative director of MAISON MIHARA YASUHIRO - to take on the punk aesthetic that London invented.
The bravery paid off. Tattooed models with smudged eyeliner slouched down the runway in grungy long cardigans, plaid shirts and torn denim. Patches which mocked the hashtag obsession of…
COTTWEILER
After a quick Google of the brand revealed Cottweiler to be ‘London’s most underrated label’, their SS18 show began to shrink the disparity between the talent and the hype. Fans of the brand differ from the usual horde of celebabies and reality stars; FKA twigs and Skepta are just some of the influencers who are fans of the brand and who bring with them integrity and not just Instagram followers.…
LFWM: SS18 MICHIKO KOSHINO REVIEW
Highly regarded for her influence in the ‘80’s London club scene, designer Michiko Koshino doesn’t strike out updating 1940s American baseball this season. Merely glancing at the collection one can see the complementary relationship between Japanese influence and the archetypal intricacies of the American sport. Traditional baseball attributes lead the way for the designs: thin vertical stripes,…
LFWM: SS18 VIVIENNE WESTWOOD REVIEW
The political climate, which as of late has been turbulent world-over to say the least, expectedly reigns through at Vivienne Westwood’s SS18 show. Circus-like folk music bounced through the basketball court at Seymour Leisure Centre, London, as messages about environmentalism and strategies to save the world danced across the model’s bodies. Westwood implies money makes the world go down as…
FAULT Focus: Khadija Saye: Remembering The Artist Through Her Photography
All Photography: Khadija Saye | Words: Miles Holder
Early Thursday morning, the reality of London’s Grenfell Tower blaze hit home for myself and my fellow UCA alumni as we read the final Facebook update from our once classmate, Khadija Saye. Trapped within the burning building, Khadija reached out for prayers from her loved ones, and they rushed to the streets and social…
LFWM: SS18 D.GNAK REVIEW
SS18 was the debut collection for South Korean menswear brand D.GNAK. With the designers trademark being the fusion of traditional Korean menswear and western tailoring, this season showed the introduction of new colour and detail. The inspiration came from the concept of ‘inevitable interaction’, with the clothes made suitable for our hyper connected society. Classic Korean silhouettes,…