Posts under ‘Women’

The Couture shows may be about to start, but the Hong Kong fashion elite was treated to an extravaganza that will best anything shown in the next few days in Paris when Guo Pei, China’s leading couturier helped launch Hong Kong Fashion Week. Designing under her own label, Rose Studio since 1997, Guo Pei has [...]

As the Golden Globes kicked off on Sunday, the mood was a mix of glamour and contemplation. The most noteable thing about the red carpet interviews wasn’t the rain soaking every dress, but that just about every star took the time to talk about the disaster in Haiti, the red ribbons many of them were [...]

As it’s a Friday, a break today from the world of retail and brands and some inspirational words to share on the power of women fashion photographers. Have a look at Design Director Wayne Ford’s blog  for his thoughts on two of the best: Ellen Von Unwerth and Lillian Bassman.

Retail Safari this morning to Uniqlo’s London flagship to look at the launch of Jil Sander’s new range. By 8am there was a queue at the door as the design obsessed of London turned out to see the first collaboration between two modern design greats. At first glance the combination seems unusual, but Uniqlo’s ability [...]

Cheerful chaos at Marc Jacob’s diffusion line yesterday. As our catwalk supremo Sue Evans says, this range is often inspired by pop culture (yes, vintage too) making it one of the more high voltage 30 minutes of New York Fashion Week. Of course designers have been taking inspiration from the street for years - but [...]

Readers of this blog may recall my passion for Asian fashion and retail. The attention to detail and exquisite femininity distinguish it in the global fashion world… And yet, looking at the first wave of New York shows, there’s no doubt that the wave of Asian/American designers are starting to make their mark on the [...]

It seems so simple doesn’t it? Take a few pictures on the street and hey presto, you are a forecaster. Today The Guardian’s Alison Taylor writes about her day as a  WGSN trend spotter, trained by our very own Kathryn Kenny . My favourite Kenny quote? “Anything too commercial or too try hard is to [...]

Not only do we make the trends, we are the trends… Or sometimes that’s what it feels like around here. Well, when you have 200 people around the world who are fully focused on looking forward you get used to seeing new looks being road tested. Here our Denim Associate Editor, Amy Leverton finds herself right [...]

We’ve been talking about Lululemon at WGSN for a few months now, thanks to my Senior Business Editor Angela Rumsey. With over 100 stores across the world, this sports lifestyle retail concept sits in a crowded market, and yet it has a handwriting all its own that lifts it above the rest. A blog isn’t [...]

Who knew we would all be so obsessed again by powerful hardware on clothes? If the economy gets any tougher, we won’t be able to handle all the additional body armour the designers will have us wearing!    

The use of studs and embellishment, as seen on the catwalks, is a great way to update garments and [...]