London Fashion Week Daily

February 19, 2013

Kane and able

Even before the French luxury powerhouse PPR acquired a 51 per cent stake in Christopher Kane, it was apparent that Kane had become London’s Cristiano Ronaldo. Yesterday’s show, staged in the shiny glass Cannon Place building in the City, felt rather Champions League. Read more »

February 18, 2013

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. Read more »

February 17, 2013

Saturday Knit Fever

“London’s good at being perky and jolly,” said Brit super-stylist Katie Grand, grinning her gappy-toothed smile, post-show at Sister by Sibling staged at the ICA yesterday. Read more »

News

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. »

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 isnt totally without its pitfalls come feeding time for the hapless content creator (writer, as was). »

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. »

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Backstage

24 hours in pictures

Dom’s Day

London Fashion Week, as seen by photographer Dominic Farlam... »

24 hours in pictures

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Designers

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He’s so fine

Lucas Nascimento is at the forefront of London’s radical knitwear vanguard – less twinset, more ready to wear. Capture the elegant revolution »

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Trends

Youve got a trend

Our style crib sheet to the season so far, as we’re out of here Tuesday… »

The not-so-bleak midwinter

EDITD has been monitoring and analysing online reaction to every designer at London Fashion Week to find out exactly what consumers want next season »

The lengths we’re going to

The new long-length skirt was being hotly debated on the f’row yesterday. Not to be confused with the Missoni- esque and Studio 54 overtones of Issa’s maxi-dress opus on Saturday, the new long refers to an altogether more romantic and elegant way of doing the trend.

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Catwalk

Live Catwalk Illustration at Peter Pilotto

Sunday 17th February »

Live Catwalk Illustration at Preen

Vivienne Westwood Red Label

While we know what to expect at a Vivienne Westwood show, that doesn’t make her any less relevant. Dame Viv might paint the models’ faces like the most artful child would attempt, and backcomb their hair so that it’s practically wider than the catwalk, but strip that away and the clothes are wearable and women-friendly. »

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People

Colour

Photography by Marcus Dawes. »

Fashion faces

Photography by Marcus Dawes. »

Dashing Gents

Photography by Marcus Dawes. »

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