Ten Loves: JW Anderson Unisex Chain Loafer
Can a shoe become cult even before it’s available to purchase? You’re probably thinking that’s impossible. But the impossible has never held Jonathan Anderson back… The unisex...
Can a shoe become cult even before it’s available to purchase? You’re probably thinking that’s impossible. But the impossible has never held Jonathan Anderson back… The unisex...
Here at 10 we love 50m. So much so, we decided to celebrate our 20th birthday inside its future-facing space dotted in the middle of Ecclestone Yards. If you’re a fashion fanatic, upon entering...
If you’re an avid Depop-er, like me, you’ll most definitely know who @internetgirl is. With over 600k followers on the e-tailor, Bella McFadden has crafted an aesthetic that meets Daria...
The earliest written accounts of the shibori date back to 238 C.E. Originating from Japan, shibori is a manual resist-dyeing technique used to create patterns on fabric – simply put it’s...
Few brands are as divisive as Laura Ashley. For grannies only or vintage gold dust? There seems to be no in-between opinion on the heritage British label. As one of the first major brands to face...
We don’t know about you, but we aren’t half tired of sitting around in our comfy clothes all day, every day. Trackies stained with tomato sauce, hoodies that smell a bit funky, even...
While shopping for a piece of jewellery right now might seem a bit outlandish, it’s also perhaps one of the few luxuries you can promptly display in your daily HouseParty work calls and make...
When he launched his brand in 2003, Tokyo-based Arashi Yanagawa was adamant at projecting his experience as a professional boxer into design. Instead of a fashion background came an attitude of...
Everyone needs a bit of sparkle once in a while. Just ask a certain online editor with a penchant for tiny beaded bags. Faced with a pandemic, the AW20 shows gave us some fun fashion to look forward...
Imagine being named by a stunning, tall, long-legged second generation supermodel? The expectations might be high, but miss Kaia delivers. The latest it bag to come out of Anthony Vaccarello’s...
Despite the fact that you currently might be annoyed by the amount of toilet paper they’re using (far too much!), your best friend is a best friend for a reason. It’s the person you know...
Let’s be real, we’re all a tad guilty of acting too cool to care sometimes. But even if you sit on the frow with a stern jaw, with any sign of emotion visible through your eyes shielded...
If you’re as (un)lucky as me and your only idea of outdoors right now includes poking your head outside your window and sneaking on what your neighbours are doing… Well look no further....
There’s never been a better time to rethink our everyday habits and reconsider our “essentials”, in every way possible. What do we “need” and what do we actually need?...
Pringle of Scotland Reissued collection, photographed by Joshua Gordon On my walk home each day I pass a corner shop which is plastered with advertisements that rotate on a regular basis. One week a...
Nostalgic, sensual, groovy. Who wouldn’t love an introduction like that? Add the word sustainable into the mix and you’ve got yourself the self-titled description of online second-hand store...
While “a chic pair of Birkenstocks” might sound like an oxymoron to some, we believe that comfort and beauty can indeed live together in harmony – especially when interpreted by one of...
With so many things happening in the world right now, it seems imperative to have a set of free hands at any given moment. There’s no point in fussing about with a holdall, tote or clutch in...
And here we are: 2020. According to most doomsday theories, we’re supposed to have been wiped off the face of Earth by now, courtesy of a disastrous apocalypse. And despite it not having happened...
Spectacular! Nicolas Ghesquière orchestrated a major sound and vision experience to close Paris Fashion Week. The backdrop was a moving tableau of 200 choral singers dressed in historical costume...
You can’t really spell Lacoste without tennis. The “sport of kings” is at the root of the brand, having been founded by a 1920s Grand Slam superstar René Lacoste back in 1933. Almost nine...
Ingenue chic is the default dress code at Miu Miu with an added layer of Gen-Z attitude on top. Storm Reid, the 16-year-old Euphoria actress opened the show in a crumpled silk gown and heavy wool...
Virginie Viard’s Chanel is taking shape. It is breezy, pragmatic, nonchalant, jeunesse and very Parisienne. Viard sent her models out in friendship groups onto a mirrored catwalk banked with...
Who has a show outside, at night, in February, during the wettest Paris Fashion Week on record? Kanye, that’s who. Whispers of a Yeezy happening began circulating only a few days before, and it...
As welcoming committees go, this was a fashion first. An army of people dressed in fluffy animal suits – dogs, a crocodile, horses, cows – greeted show goers. They posed for pictures and...
Real clothes and fantasy – Clare Waight Keller walks a fine line between both. She knows how to bring cathedral-level grandeur to her Givenchy shows, but also how to cut a suit that works in...
While it might not be apparent to a Y/ Project first-timer, any Glenn Martens superfan will be able to tell you the Belgian designer toned things down significantly this season. With the title...
Both within and outside the industry, Chitose Abe is known as the fashion alchemyst. Long before hybrids became the ultimate tool in merging luxury brands with streetwear sensibilities, Abe came up...
Pierpaolo Piccioli is one of fashion’s great colourists so when he goes goth, you sit up and take notice. The designer embraced black – the uniform of the front row, the colour of minimalism and...
Titled Party Girl: a proposal for brutal elegance conceived in Berlin, Germany, the 032c AW20 collection got the lyrics of Eddie Murphy’s 1985 single Party All the Time firmly stuck in our heads....
Thom Browne shows are feasts of the imagination. The designer is a great and witty storyteller. His winter wonderland set looked like a fashion Narnia, guarded by male models in kilts and...
With so many designers dedicated to warning us of the coming doomsday, it’s more than refreshing to see someone embracing the spirit that made us fall in love with fashion in the first place. The...
Two seasons in and Issey Miyake designer, Satoshi Kondo, is already gaining a reputation as a showman. His debut for the label last season, with skateboarding models and clothes falling onto models...
The level of detail that goes into a Balenciaga show is astonishing. You don’t just see it with your eyes but experience it with your whole body. You are immersed. You feel it – the pounding...
Wow! We all know Haider’s good but he reached for new heights with this show. Haider Ackermann’s signature is out-of-this-world elegance. His models always have an alien-like, replicant beauty as...
Everyone loves a Westwood corset. Vintage ones change hands for small fortunes on Pechuga Vintage but there’s not enough supply to satisfy the demand. So it was good to see Andreas Kronthaler load...
Was it a greatest hits collection? Surely not. Rei Kawakubo characterises herself as a “perpetual futurist”, not a designer who indulges in nostalgia. Yet the references to past Comme des...
A Noir a show is pure theatre. It transports you from a rainy Paris morning to a place of wild imaginings. Kei Ninomiya’s starting point is always the colour black (hence the brand’s name). This...
A red light. Silence. Then the show started. We knew what the theme was – an image of Debbie Harry on the invite had given it away. Junya Watanabe paid tribute to this punk, new wave icon with an...
Loewe is at home in the art gallery. The chic international art crowd wear Loewe clothes inspired by the artists and their subjects hanging on their walls. Not that it looks historical. Jonathan...
From the very first look – an asymmetric fishtail knit dress that exposed one whole leg from hip to heel, paired with glam rock platforms, it was clear that this Rick Owens womenswear show would...
Julien Dossena took Paco Rabanne’s signature chainmail right back to source. Not the hedonistic 1960s but to the medieval crusaders who wore it in battle. Showing in the vaulted crypt of the...
The Off-White brand is about more than just clothes, said Virgil Abloh. Not only has he brought a much needed diversity to fashion and made streetwear the most marketable commodity in the industry...
Horsey references are never far away at Hermès. In the show space, a figure-of-eight dressage configuration catwalk was marked by a forest of brightly coloured upended showjumping poles (which...
There’s nothing quite like a Balmain mass model moment, when 20 fierce women storm the runway in matching navy overcoats and huge rectangular shades. It’s the fiercest flash mob you will...
Creative, inventive, unfettered: Isn’t this what a fashion show is supposed or be? John Galliano employs a trickle down creative method. He experiments wildly with new ideas in his artisanal...
In the post #MeToo era, sex has been largely absent from the catwalks. Conventional sexy codes no longer reflect the lives we live or the values we hold. Rather than grapple with the question of...
Felipe Oliveira Baptista ushered in a new era at Kenzo. The brightly coloured insta-dressing, with which his Kenzo predecessors defined the last decade, has gone. The designer replaced it with his...
It’s always an inspiration to see a new name break into the saturated Paris Fashion Week scene with a lot to say. When he won last year’s LVMH Prize, Johannesburg-based Thebe Magugu made history...
Maria Grazia Chiuri is becoming as well-known for her curation of female artists as she is for her feminist take on Dior’s heritage. After a couture show set against a backdrop of banners created...
Saint Laurent is a house that does everything at scale. The vast show space, which looked like a mirrored Borg cube, reflected the twinkling Eiffel Tower back at it. Inside the superstructure, a...