The Fondation Pierre Bergé in Paris presents the long-awaited retrospective of Yves Saint Laurent’s ready-to-wear revolution, the Rive Gauche label. Saint Laurent rive gauche: La révolution de la mode Imagine a time when women weren’t allowed to wear trousers in any kind of formal setting, even the workplace, where fashion was a domain strictly reserved [...]

Brush up on your fashion history, just in time for Fashion Week… Tom Ford for Gucci, Autumn/Winter 1996 We believe that it’s more than coincidence that ’90s styles are trendy again. Just as the longer skirts and grunge spirit were in reaction to the glitzy, flashy looks and ultra short skirts of the 1980s, they [...]

Feast your eyes on this! There’s an amazing exhibition of Chinese Imperial robes through the 27th of February at London’s V&A Museum… The show spans three centuries of Chinese emperors and the royal family’s clothing, and includes more than 50 clothing items, plus accessories and textiles to complete the look! Because the textile weaving and [...]

100 Years of Fashion Illustrations at London’s Design Museum… Image: Design Museum London Love clothes and wondering about the artistry behind your favourite creations? Pick up a copy of ‘Drawing Fashion – A Century of Fashion Illustration’ by Colin McDowell and Holly Brubach (2010), or better yet, head the Design Museum to check out the [...]

and also forward, with Alexander McQueen… At the British Fashion Awards, held on Dec. 7th, the BFC Outstanding Achievement in Fashion award was given posthumously to Alexander McQueen, the hugely influential designer who died last February, having already won the British Designer of the Year award a grand total of four times. The audience was [...]