FAULT Reviews – Alexander McQueen SS16
Spring/Summer is always a strange season for a label like McQueen - one that is so rooted in a dark, sumptuous, and often harsh aesthetic, seemingly at odds with visions of light linens and the beach. For SS16, Sarah Burton cast her models into the ocean, drawing upon military uniform and maritime imagery reworked into a vision of captain coats and nautical stripes that spoke to Victoriana (and…
FAULT Reviews – KTZ SS16
KTZ’s aggressive machismo was set off by an industrial setting with iron fencing lining the path of the catwalk which was lit by white neon lights.
From behind this hostile set came PVC rain coats, flashes of silver on trouser legs and patent leather shorts for a high-shine collection with an electric surge running through it. Racing car red, blue and yellow zigged across cut out tank tops with…
FAULT Reviews – Christopher Shannon SS16
At a time when gender identity is on everyone's lips, Christopher Shannon presented a collection that poked fun at masculinity by taking us on a sort of surreal 'lads holiday.' Models appeared as if fresh from a foam party, with faces and hair semi-smeared with the stuff, whilst some wore neon bikini tops as chains around their neck - the sort of trophy-hunting seen in the seventeen year-old's of…
FAULT Reviews – Belstaff SS16
On a misty London day, we were transported to the searing heat of the Sahara for Belstaff’s spring/summer 16 presentation. As we arrived at the camp (parked outside an event space next to the murky Thames) to find a tent, sandbags and jeeps and followed the Moroccan rugs inside to find a hazy yellow light pouring down on the models kicking up the sand.
The biker brand’s tough leathers were still…
FAULT Reviews – Casely Hayford SS16
With references crossing motorsport, the 1960s and Asian art, everything was splashed with the Casely-Hayford touch of cool. To a soundtrack of hip hop and grime classics, the models swagged out in layered looks of loose-fitting, knee-length coats, oversized t-shirts and trousers cut slightly above the ankle.
Prints ranges from grained checks, to a busy botanical design to a…
FAULT Reviews – Lee Roach SS16
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Design signatures such as minimalism and strap fastenings were as expected at Lee Roach’s spring/summer 16 presentation, held in the former Central Saint Martins building. Under the 19th century building’s circular room with arched entrances and glass dome roof stood juxtaposing rows of white mannequins on mirrored platforms standing rigid…
FAULT reviews PRIMAVERA SOUND Festival2015
The first thing LXN had to get to grips with when heading to Barcelona’s Primavera was the rather un-British concept of time. When a Brit fest is clearing the main stage, Parc Del Forum is merely getting going and if you aren’t heading back to your digs in the morning light, then you aren’t doing something right.
It is a little crazy how a concrete car park, gravelly seafront and giant solar…
FAULT Magazine Reviews Covent Garden’s – Thai Square Spa
Before I comment on my experience at the Thai Square Spa, it is only right that I point out that I have just returned from Asia where I experienced a whole host of “authentic” face massages, scrubs and peels, ranging from the soothing to the downright scary. It’s not that I’m used to being pampered or an expert on the practice, but I am very used to being under a lot of pressure, stressed and…