5 Designers Doing Russian Fashion Week Proud
Between Seoul, Tokyo, Sydney, Copenhagen, and more, the competition to be the fifth must-stop Fashion Week during the bi-yearly cycle is fierce. However, we're throwing Moscow into the ring. Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Russia is still a baby when it comes to the international Fashion Weeks, but the… Read More
Apr 17, 2013 7:00 AM EDT
Tom Ford's London Show Gets...No Reviews
75 waiters in white jackets, all with identical haircuts, serving champagne; flaming torches; chandeliers and gilded ceilings. Yep, you're at a Tom Ford show. And it's no secret that Ford is a mastermind — a saucy, saucy mastermind. And, as WWD's Bridget Foley notes, "no one else in recent memory… Read More
Mar 14, 2013 10:00 AM GMT
Attention, Fellas: Burberry Man Is Making His Triumphant Return To London
Fresh from Christopher Bailey’s moment of glory at last month’s London Fashion Week, it has been announced that Burberry menswear will now show at the London Collections: Men. Oh, happy days.
For over ten years, the menswear label’s runway show has taken place in Milan, but as the designer… Read More
Mar 11, 2013 3:30 PM EDT
Moncler Sent Polar Bears Down The Runway, & It Was (Mostly) Awesome
The hottest, most buzzworthy thing in fashion right now isn't a Céline bag. Far from it, actually. It's polar bears. Yes, you read that correctly: polar bears. We know it sounds a little weird, but bear with us (sorry, couldn't help it).
Moncler Gamme Rouge finished off its Paris Fashion Week show… Read More
Mar 7, 2013 3:40 PM EST
Miu Miu Fall '13 Has Us Seeing Spots (And Stripes)
Miu Miu is never anything short of bewitching. Our eyes tend to do dances across Miuccia Prada's designs, and the brand has proven before that it has more than a few tricks up its sleeve. And, it keeps getting better — the latest collection works this magic in a quirky, more classic way.
For fall… Read More
Mar 7, 2013 2:40 PM EST
Louis Vuitton Encourages Us To Stay In Our PJs All Day Long
Feeling up for a bigger challenge than wearing your pajamas out of the house? Ready for something that'll tell the world that what you wear at home is so chic, it'd be offensive to change when (if?) you head outside?
Enter: Louis Vuitton's fall '13 show, which expounded on some of the ideas of Marc… Read More
Mar 7, 2013 5:00 AM EST
Marc Jacobs’s BFF Steals The Show At Louis Vuitton
Just when we thought we had seen everything that Fashion Month had to offer us, Marc Jacobs throws us a curve ball. Fresh from his roaring success in New York, he brought the house down in Paris with the appearance of his great chum Kate Moss, on the Louis Vuitton runway.
Not many of us would be… Read More
Mar 6, 2013 10:40 AM EST
It's Chanel's Universe, & We're All Just Living In It
With who-knows-how-many projects he's working on, collections twice the size of most working designers, and a brand presence so big and recognizable it's oftentimes said in the same breath as McDonald's and Coca Cola, it can seem sometimes that Chanel — and more specifically, Karl Lagerfeld — is… Read More
May 22, 2013 1:20 PM EDT
Mar 5, 2013 1:20 PM EST
Givenchy Invents A New Peplum Using Motorcycle Jackets
The thing that impresses us about Givenchy time and time again is how it's able to completely reinvent the coolest shape of the season — whether it's a knee-high boot that looks like a Clydesdale hoof or a sweatshirt that looks more like armor than loungewear. Chalk it up to Riccardo Tisci's ability… Read More
Mar 5, 2013 9:45 AM PST
Young At Heart: New Saint Laurent Channels SoCal And '90s Style
As the reviews and tweets concerning Hedi Slimane's sophomore collection trickle in, it's safe to say that all bets are off with this opinion-dividing designer. While his premiere at Saint Laurent Paris last season (which was also met with mixed reviews) gave industry vets '70s-era déjà vu with updated… Read More
Mar 4, 2013 2:40 PM EST
Céline Provides Unexpected Twists (Literally) For Fall '13
We sometimes view a new collection with a set of expectations (and an open mind, too, of course), and when it comes to Céline, we think of clean lines, minimalism, and at least a few new It items. But Phoebe Philo is not one to rest on her laurels, as the fall '13 debut gave us both the Céline aesthetic… Read More
Mar 4, 2013 1:20 PM EST
Get Your Credit Cards Out: Kenzo's Fall Collection Is A Shopper's Paradise
If you're reading Refinery29, you're probably a big fan of shopping — and for Kenzo's Humberto Leon and Carol Lim, that whole culture of visiting a store, milling around the room, and dropping some cash was worth bringing to the runway. Held at historic department store La Samaritaine, the venue itself… Read More
Feb 28, 2013 7:20 PM EST
The Verdict Is In: Here's The Scoop On Alexander Wang's Balenciaga Collection
The entire fashion world held its breath over the appointment of Alexander Wang to Balenciaga. Wang, who has made a name for himself with downtown parties, palling around with emerging musicians, and marrying the moto-boot to the mega-heel, is distinctly American. How can he adequately improve upon the… Read More


















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