Hyping isn't Helping
The promotional potential of designer support systems has created a warped idea of what a healthy career looks like.
Angelo Flaccavento: Honest fashion criticism will save us all
Fashion critic Angelo Flaccavento discusses influence, originality and how fashion lost touch with both
Shaun Harris Prioritises Backstory Over the Pressures of Originality
The RCA graduate discusses the return of the muse, working with history, and the importance of backstory.
Recipe For a Show: Paula Canovas del Vas SS20
A fashion presentation without the clothes present? Not quite, but Paula Canovas del Vas's virtual reality presentation comes close.
Chloé Nardin: "I really struggle with what the term ‘fashion designer’ implies."
The CSM BA Womenswear graduate discusses her fixation on precision over performance, and the subtle ergonomics of medieval women's clothing.
Brigitte Chartrand: (R)e-tailing young talent
SSENSE’s Senior Director of Womenswear Buying discusses how the multichannel retailer engages with talent, why e-commerce trumps brick-and-mortar for young designers, and what you need to have in check before you can start selling.
Fabrice Desvaux de Marigny: When Businessman Meets Beauty Queen
The CSM graduate’s BA collection, featuring tight leather trousers, glitz and tailoring, was inspired by an affair his father had ten years ago.
Andrew Groves: “Menswear is about finding individuality within uniformity”
The University of Westminster’s new show, ‘Invisible Men’, is the biggest exhibition of menswear ever to be staged in the UK
Polly Brown: "I work best when I’m bored"
Photographer Polly Brown explores the damaging role of airport security in her upcoming exhibition, Airportals
The strength found in slowness with Barbara Grispini
The D/ARK showroom founder discusses the importance of good behaviour, why young designers shouldn’t be given too much at once, and why greater importance should be placed on keeping things slow.
Wake up, fashion. Sustainability doesn’t mean anything
Another buzzword bites the dust
