Posts Tagged ‘Yohji Yamamoto’

KTZ: London Fashion Week A/W 2012 Catwalk Review

My favourites - KTZ - made an impact on the last day of womenswear shows at Somerset House on Tuesday 21 February. This season: New Romantics, religious symbols, stars and constellations and tartan. LOTS of tartan.

Written by Matt Bramford


KTZ A/W 2012 by Lorna Leigh Harrington

Regular readers of my London Fashion Week reviews (Hi mum, sorry I haven't called, been busy) will know that I absolutely adore KTZ. If I could only choose one show to see each season it would probably be this - so it was disappointing that both myself and Amelia hadn't received any tickets this time. The show had been moved from its regular spot on menswear day to fit in with the womenswear schedule - a move not so surprising considering the KTZ womenswear is usually what gets people talking. This also might explain the lack of tickets - but it was thanks to fashion superhero Lida over at The First To Know that I managed to get in.

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An interview with illustrator Lesley Barnes, as featured in Amelia’s Compendium of Fashion Illustration

Illustrator Lesley Barnes has contributed to Amelia's Magazine since 2009 and is featured in both my books, for which she designed the front cover type. She was super busy in 2011, with projects for Channel 4, Wrap Magazine, Soma Gallery, Penguin Classics and the V&A to name but a few.

Written by Amelia Gregory

Lesley Barnes first got involved with Amelia’s Magazine when she answered the Shelter open brief back in early 2009. Since then she has appeared in both my books, and has …

Curating Yamamoto: An interview with Ligaya Salazar, the V&A’s Yohji Yamamoto exhibition curator

Curator of the V&A's Yohji Yamamoto retrospective Ligaya Salazar speaks exclusively to Natascha Nanji about her selection process, the themes she's chosen and all about the legendary designer himself…

Written by Natascha Nanji

Illustration by Gareth A Hopkins
This spring, the V&A presents a unique exhibition dedicated to the Grand Master Japanese couturier, Yohji Yamamoto. The exhibition will celebrate his life and work, and …

Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion at the Barbican

The Barbican celebrates three decades of the Japanese avant-garde, featuring grand masters Yohji Yamamoto, Rei Kawakubo and Issey Miyake and many, many more!

Written by Matt Bramford

Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons 1997, illustrated by Faye West
The next few months are an absolute treat for fashion fans – there are exhibitions popping up all over the place. …

Blow Presents… An Indian Fashion Show

Blow PR present a hand-picked selection of the hottest fashion design talent from India, showcased at The Royal Festival Hall on Thursday 8th April, 2010

Written by Jonno Ovans

Little Shilpa illustration by Aniela Murphy
The first glorious day of sunshine in about a million years unavoidably lent itself to the presupposed exotic atmosphere conjured by Blow’s presentation of five …