Posts Tagged ‘A/W 2010’

London Fashion Week S/S 2011 Preview: Menswear Day

As the womenswear section of the circus draws to a close and the press move over to Milan, there's still lots to be seen at Menswear Day. Here's a little preview, with some rather brilliant illustrations…

Wintle, A/W 2010, illustrated by Antonia Parker
So it’s the last day of womenswear today, which means no more frocks and no more tits and arse. This is good. The womenswear …

London Fashion Week S/S 2011 Preview – A few more favourites…

On the eve of London Fashion Week S/S 2011, Naomi Law runs through a few more of the shows we're eagerly anticipating from some of our favourite designers…

David Longshaw

For Spring Summer 2011, David Longshaw says he was inspired by ‘chav dogs, feathers and a ruffle or two and a story I wrote’. The tale apparently describes the …

London Fashion Week S/S 2011 Womenswear Preview: On|Off

In our third London Fashion Week preview, Lauren Smith takes a look at the designers showing at On|Off - the showcase that combines on and off schedule designers, featuring Pam Hogg, Aminaka Wilmont, Bryce Aime, Julian J Smith and Roksanda Illincic…

Aminaka Wilmont A/W 2010, illustrated by Michelle Urvall Nyrén
London Fashion Week is renowned for showcasing up and coming design talent – and nowhere is more uniquely ‘London’ than On|Off. Now …

Pre-London Fashion Week S/S 2011 Interview: Charlie le Mindu

With only three days to go until London Fashion Week launches, we have a chat with the wonderful Charlie le Mindu, purveyor of weird and wonderful fashion and frocks made of hair.

Charlie le Mindu A/W 2010, illustrated by Naomi Law
Cheeky Charlie le Mindu already had quite the reputation when he burst onto the scene in dramatic fashion a couple of years …

London Fashion Week S/S 2011 On Schedule Womenswear Preview, Part Two: The Pioneers

In our second London Fashion Week S/S 2011 preview, Jemma Crow makes her pick of the stalwarts of the London Fashion Week circuit, who season after season deliver the goods - Betty Jackson, Margaret Howell, PPQ, Jaeger and Pringle…

London Fashion Week, photographed by Matt Bramford
As always at London Fashion Week there are the new and innovative designers we are told to watch……but let’s not forget the stalwarts that …

Pre-London Fashion Week S/S 2011 Interview: Cooperative Designs

This week Amelia's Magazine discuss influences and techniques in the run up to London Fashion Week 2010 with exquisite knitwear designers, Cooperative Designs

Photograph by Matt Bramford
After being spellbound by Cooperative Designs’ last two presentations (see here and here) at London Fashion Week.
Amelia’s Magazine are delighted to have had the opportunity …

Pre-London Fashion Week S/S 2011 Interview: Eugene Lin

In the run up to London Fashion Week, we have a chat with fashion designer Eugene Lin about how he's preparing, what inspires him, and what British fashion means to him…

Eugene Lin, A/W 2010, illustrated by Abby Wright
It is the impeccable designs of Eugene Lin that have captivated us here at Amelia’s Magazine. The Central Saint Martins graduate’s intricate and …

Pre-London Fashion Week S/S 2011 Interview: Ziad Ghanem

Matt Bramford talks to master couturier Ziad Ghanem about breaking the boundaries, his 'family' of alternative models, and *that* Immodesty Blaize moment…

Immodesty Blaize wearing Ziad Ghanem AW 2010, illustrated by Krister Selin
At Fashion Week in February, flailing after a weekend of shows and struggling to even stand up, I was dragged …

An interview with British fashion designer Samantha Cole

Colin Dawidziuk chats to Samantha Cole...

Illustration by Gabriel Ayala
British fashion is normally typified by its quirky features, but Samantha Cole of Samantha Cole London is a stand out star in her own rights. Having presented …

Paris Fashion Week A/W 2010 Catwalk Round Up

We have a poke around the catwalks of Paris Fashion Week A/W 2010 to see what was on offer...

After climbing what seemed like a trillion rickety flights of stairs at the grand, historic, Lycee Henri IV to reach the Manish Arora show, the dusty old library in which …

London Fashion Week A/W 2010 Catwalk Review: Christopher Shannon

Bad boy Christopher Shannon presented a more sophisticated collection on Menswear Day, at London Fashion Week, 24 February 2010…

Fabulously illustrated by Gemma Milly
Christopher Shannon’s eccentric fashions rolled into town again on London Fashion Week’s Menswear Day. Last season played host to his brightly coloured chav-inspired sportswear, and while …

London Fashion Week A/W 2010 Catwalk Review: Omar Kashoura

New(ish) designer Omar Kashoura presents his take on the Modern Gentleman at the Bedford & Strand Bistro, during London Fashion Week's Menswear Day, 24 February 2010

When I was a zit-ridden teenager fingering fashion magazines, what attracted me most was weird and wacky shows presented in strange environments. While the cavernous BFC tent does ‘feel’ like …

London Fashion Week AW 2010: Fashion East Menswear Installations

A round-up of the up-and-coming menswear designers as part of Fashion East's installation, at London Fashion Week, 24 February 2010

If coping with sashaying around London Fashion Week’s Menswear Day from show to show wasn’t enough, there was also the incredible Fashion East Menswear installations, which never fail to impress.
It’s …

London Fashion Week A/W 2010: Menswear Day: Streetstyle

See what the boys were wearing on London Fashion Week's Menswear Day, 24 February 2010

Brogues, bags and dickie bows…

London Fashion Week A/W 2010 Catwalk Review: Welsh Designer Collective

A handpicked selection of the finest talent to come out of Wales since Charlotte Church, in the form of designers Josie Beckett, Elinor Franklin and Emma Griffiths. My Beautiful Fashion, Sunday 21 February

The Welsh Designer Collective is a handpicked selection of Wales’ emerging fashion design talent. The Welsh are GOOD. Who knew?
They certainly know how to plug Wales, for starters. I hope …

London Fashion Week A/W 2010: Streetstyle: Menswear

The best dressed men at London Fashion Week A/W 2010 so far…

Photography by Matt Bramford

London Fashion Week A/W 2010: Streetstyle: Womenswear

A (small) selection of what the fashionable are wearing at London Fashion Week this season…

NB: At Amelia’s Magazine, we do not promote real fur of any kind. We hope all of these looks use only faux fur, but there are still some people who …

London Fashion Week A/W 2010: Long Live McQueen

How London Fashion Week pays tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen and his outstanding fashion talent…

A fashionista reflects on Friday morning, wearing a McQueen scarf
When the news of Lee Alexander McQueen’s untimely death broke only a week before the start of London Fashion Week, everybody …

London Fashion Week A/W 2010 Catwalk Review: Charlie Le Mindu

Your wildest dreams and your darkest nightmares combined, on the London Fashion Week catwalk…

Who cares if womenswear is wearable? As a gent, I certainly don’t. Hair stylist to the stars, Charlie Le Mindu opened the On|Off shows yesterday – winning zero points …