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February 19, 2013

Order into chaos

A refined aesthetic can be found in the latest crop of Newgen newbies. Huishan Zhang fell right into his stride by colliding the iconic Mao suit, as depicted by artist Sui Jianguo, with the distinctive lines of Mondrian.  Read more »

Digitally yours

While we’re not averse to straddling the voguish content/commerce divide (the majority of The Daily’s team now earns its sourdough crust by creating content for fashion e-tailers as well as dear old Fleet Street), the ravenous beast that is the omni-channel, multi-platform virtual world isn’t totally without its pitfalls come feeding time for the hapless content creator (writer, as was).  Read more »

Impractically perfect

Sensible, functional dressing – sportswear, utility, military – has a new luxury spin for AW13. What was once dismissed as ubiquitous and everyday: parkas, biker jackets, jogging pants and the like, has been revitalised in the form of new, rarefied, upscale fashion hits. Vogue’s Emma Elwick-Bates reckons we all need a little luxury in our lives and this is the smartest way to do it.  Read more »

Fast and Fury-ous

Fashion is about displaying finery. And that’s distinctly sexual: Vivienne Westwood once said that fashion is about eventually being naked, and we all know what a lipstick-outlined mouth is supposed to remind us of. Read more »

The pan-generation game

London has always been the go-to capital for youth-led trends, with its cool heritage of street fashion and ‘young’ designers. This season, they’ve not so much grown up as fully woken up to the potential of catering to more than simply youngsters. Read more »

H&M Editors’ Choice

Martha Ward, contributing editor, Vogue and Dixie Chassay, casting director Read more »

Tweets, blogs, overheard – here’s what you’re saying

1,013 mentions of corsets, as seen at Jonathan Saunders... »

Fast and Fury-ous

‘The democratisation of fashion’. It’s a phrase everyone seems to be spouting these days. But what does it actually mean? Therein lies the issue, at least for me. Fashion isn’t democratic – it’s autocratic. Fashion tells you what to wear – it doesn’t invite you in for a heated debate. »

At your service

American Express customers know just how useful Amex’s concierge service is. And during LFW, you can, too. Its stylish Jonathan Saunders-clad Amex Insiders are on hand at Somerset House to make your day even lovelier, with all manner of wining, dining and beauty pit-stop tips. Today you might fancy: a mini-mani at One Aldwych pre-Osman, and supper at Skylon post-JW – and they’ll even make the call. Bliss. »

Keeping abreast of the lady

It’s a while since a pair of breasts surprised us on the catwalk. In living memory, there was Lara Stone’s early appearance on the runway at Prada SS08, in a clingy sweater with a full skirt. Last night, backstage at Jonathan Saunders, the word ‘tits’, which still has the power to shock, was bandied about lightheartedly.  »

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Keep it real

It wasn’t just that Unique was more polished and grown-up, it was that workwear pieces – rarely seen on a designer catwalk – were both visible and the point. »

The Downlow on the Flat-shoe Fetish

Carnaby Street is back at the heart of the swinging London scene, as British cult-store shoe styles step up to the fashion plate via international designers.  »

Is LFW turning you into a copy cat-walk?

Adopting catwalk styling tricks is a classic symptom of show overexposure. Having seen so much strutting, we somehow believe we can take it off the catwalk and into the real world (think ‘shoulder robing’, where coats are worn as capes).  »

Necklines: the new economic barometer?

The décolletage is strictly not in fashion right now. Everyone from 15-year-old girls to stylish grown-up women wear their shirts buttoned right to the top – it’s the defining way to be chic in times of austerity.  »

Check out the sixties

Demonstrating its penchant for keeping it elegantly real, M&S has taken SS13’s hottest catwalk look – Sixties geometric – and distilled it into a chic, easygoing ensemble to wear every day. Note the spot-on monochrome palette and vogueish below-knee hemline. Team with Warholian shades and a messed-up beehive for perfect catwalk cool. »

Popping up everywhere

It would be a sin not to mention J JS Lee’s show on Saturday, which saw this feminine minimalist designer take a new turn with a palette of delicate candy pinks, blues and greens. Super-tactile knitwear was the focus of the collection, as Lee was inspired by traditional African weaving techniques, while softly deconstructed outerwear also ensured that her fans would get the protection needed for the new season.  »

Her dark materials

Across the PA system came a mild-mannered voice.“Sorry for the delay, but in the meantime we will play you a little music until the show can begin. »

Fast and Fury-ous

When did fashion get stuck on repeat? It’s a very postmodern question. Actually, it’s ‘hypermodern’ – the rebranding of postmodernism. But the idea’s the same.  »

Susie styles it

Trager Delaney.Oh so hot right now.London-based Central Saint Martins graduates Kim Trager and Lowell Delaney, who featured in The Daily on Saturday, launched their own line following respective spells at Haider Ackermann and Céline. »

Tweets, blogs, overheard – here’s what you’re saying

515 people want to be Rihanna. 103 want to be with Rihanna.... »

I just can’t embellish enough

Fashion is so touchy-feely this season. With so much texture and embellishment, it’s as if designers are afraid of a plain surface. »

Triumph of the wool

Once upon a time in fashion-land (actually Paris in 1954), two young designers showed in the International Wool Secretariat award. A gangly 18-year-old Yves Saint Laurent won the dress section; 21-year-old Karl Lagerfeld won the coat category. The rest, as they say, is history.  »

It’s All in the Bag

When did handbags get so insanely expensive? The inexorable price creep of the designer It bag has seen women everywhere wringing their little manicured hands in despair.  »

H&M Editors’ Choice

OLIVIA PHILLIPS (RIGHT), SENIOR FASHION ASSISTANT, STYLIST, AND MELISSA CAREW, FREELANCE ONLINE EDITOR  »

P’Trique, c’est chic

Noticed a six-foot-something bearded lady on the f’row this week? Of course you have. After all, he’s not easy to miss and, with friends in all the right places, he can’t be confused with the fashion freaks in the Somerset House courtyard. »

Misery: your time is up

The following actually happened yesterday. A text was sent to a Daily teamster from a friend. “You’re looking very furious front row at Whistles,” it read. Her response: “Where are you? I can’t see you.” Answer: “Cooking my dad lunch in Edinburgh.” Response: “How can you see me? I’m confused and very freaked out.” Answer: “Durrr, live streamed, of course.”  »

H&M Editors’ Choice

Steph Stevens, contributing fashion editor, Stella, and freelance stylist; Simon Chilvers, assistant fashion editor, The Gaurdian »

I can see a rainbow: the united colours of AW13

“Issa felt like a riff on Seventies Saint Laurent… Todd Lynn’s tailoring came alive because it was in putty and postman-blue… it’s been so refreshing to see colour after such an abundance of black in NYC,” said Neiman Marcus’ senior vice-president and fashion director, Ken Downing. »

Darkness into light

On site, off site, off and on – it was all going on yesterday. Down in the depths of the London Film Museum, Antipodium presented a textural kinkfest of patent, pony skin, nappa leather and velvet, inspired by CCTV and sex tapes, with some of the most covetable outerwear I’ve seen today. »

Glam rocks

With glamorous awards events sweeping across the world, from the Baftas to the Oscars, it’s appropriate that the BFC Rock Vault exhibition is red-carpet focused. The International Palladium Board-sponsored initiative selected 10 of Britain’s brightest jewellery designers to create a pair of red-carpet earrings in palladium.  »

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