WOMEN AND WORKWEAR: AN ESSENTIAL SYLLABUS
This unofficial syllabus covers the brands, moments, designers, and ideas in women’s traditional workwear that have long been omitted from the conversation. While it’s not fully comprehensive, it is a good place to start if you want to look like you know how to change a tire.
Is Formula 1’s Future Dependent on Fashion?
With A$AP Rocky as creative director, Formula 1 joins fashion forces with PUMA as part of a multi-year affiliation, with a collection unveiled at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Williams Racing F1 team has already created a fashion collection with PUMA.
The Royal Pantsuit Resurgence
After years of relying closely on the security of her beloved coat dress, the pantsuit has become Kate, Princess of Wales’ armour. While on a recent visit to a Ukrainian centre in Bracknell, Kate took her new appearance to a new preppy level.
What Made The 90s Supermodels So Special?
Nowadays, with unexciting walks and no significant runway occurrences, the term supermodel has lost its meaning for many. Few current professionals are capable of bringing the uniqueness only supers can. Yet, what made 90s models so special?
Tiktok Hyper-Trends, NYFW & Sustainability
Whether it be the individual on social media or at NYFW there is a new push on reinventing previous styles. From the rise of sustainability and buying pre-loved clothes in an effort to combat over consumption. To major fashion houses re-inventing their previous collections.
The Flattery of Imitation - Peter Hawkings Takes On Tom Ford
In the backdrop of magnificent Milan, Tom Ford’s replacement, Peter Hawkings, debuted his chief collection. Hawkings imitated with success and innovated with very little.
Catching Up With London - LFW SS24
London Fashion Week - Sarah Burton leaves Alexander McQueen, Bond Street is renamed Burberry Street, PETA protests on the runway and Simone Rocha goes to Jean Paul Gaultier.
Frolov’s Ode To The Ukrainian Woman
Elegant and at the pinnacle of craftsmanship, Ivan Frolov’s latest work at London Fashion Week is a homage to the powerful women that make and maintain Ukraine.
In Defence Of The Sandy Liang Bow
The Sandy Liang label has carved out a distinctive space within the fashion industry. Within style, girlhood has come to be represented by pastel tones, silks, antique-effect lace, coquettish charm and the Liang specialty, the bow.
Are Peter Do and Helmut Lang The Perfect Pairing?
At what point should we let a brand gracefully retire, to enjoy it’s space in our collective memories and let new talent take the lead? That’s the question on my mind in the wake of the highly anticipated opening show of the NYFW SS24 season - Helmut Lang by Peter Do.
Breaking & Healing: When Di Petsa Brought Mythic Performance Art to Fashion Week
Di Petsa’s Persephone inspired runway. Di Petsa is a UK based designer whose designs have been worn by Kim Kardashian, Ashley Graham, Chloe Bailey, and Shakira. In her recent show at fashion week, and inspired by the Greek myth of Persephone, Di Petsa created an explorative study of “Breaking and Healing”, creating a fashion underworld, with its queen as the figurehead.
How To Safely Clean Your Linen Clothes
Linen items can either be hand-washed or machine-washed depending on what works best for your personal situation and certainly do not need to be handled by a professional! Luckily for us, linen has been used in clothing for thousands of years, meaning we really have gotten quite close to perfecting our cleaning techniques.
Princess Diana’s Major Wedding Dress Mishap
As revealed by Andrew Morton in his infamous biography Diana: Her True Story, it turns out that no one had quite considered how the train would fit in relation to the size of the coach Diana and her father rode in en route to the ceremony.
LVMH Luxury Brands To Sponsor Paris’s 2024 Olympics
With just 12 months to go until the world has its eye’s focused on the French capital, a new partner has jumped to the rescue. LVMH, the French luxury group which owns Dior, Fendi, Loewe, TAG Heuer and many more, has joined the 2024 Olympics.
Subway Shirts: The Latest Worrying TikTok Style Trend
On TikTok, ‘Subway shirts’ have gone viral, referring to oversized, loose t-shirts that are worn on top of an outfit during one’s commute. Covering up with baggy tops or oversized jackets, and swapping knee-high boots for trainers, all so as to avoid unwanted attention from men whilst travelling in public.
Junon & Venus: The Famed Dior Gowns
At Cannes Film Festival, Natalie Portman wears a recreation of Christian Dior’s famous Junon gown from 1949.
Enchanting and captivating, the Venus gown acts as Junon’s older, somewhat more experienced and mature older sister.
eBay Continues To Fly The Flag For Sustainable Fashion
It is a rare relief and reassurance to spot a major player in the secondhand industry such as eBay flying the flag for change with integrity with their latest collaborative announcement with Vogue.
A Breakdown of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Fashion
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour is a visually stunning celebration of the singer’s entire career, revisiting all ten of Taylor’s musical eras. Taylor’s custom-made outfits are exquisite, sparkling and meticulously matched to the aesthetics of each era.
The Symbolism Behind The Princess of Wales’ Coronation Outfit
For the 2023 coronation of King Charles, Catherine the Princess of Wales chose Sarah Burton of Alexander McQueen to design her white coronation gown. She chose to wear a floral headpiece instead of a tiara, full of symbolism.
Met Gala 2023: Black & White Rule The Red Carpet
The 2023 Met Gala theme ‘In Honour of Karl’, was always going to be full of clever references to Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld. It was also a remarkably colour-less event.
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This unofficial syllabus covers the brands, moments, designers, and ideas in women’s traditional workwear that have long been omitted from the conversation. While it’s not fully comprehensive, it is a good place to start if you want to look like you know how to change a tire.