Milan Men's Fashion Week 2019 Street Style

There’ll always be a place in our hearts (and wardrobes) for basic black-and-white or Breton stripes, but right now the mood’s shifting on the street towards a pattern that feels a whole lot bolder. We’re talking about the printed stripes being styled by fashion bloggers and street style stars across the globe.

Naivety, Confusion and Madness of First Love - Blindness Unveils Spring Summer 2019 Collection

South Korean design duo Kyu Shin and Ji Park showed their SS19 Collection at London Fashion Week. The collection sees Blindness dissect the subject of ‘First Love’ and the incomparable vulnerability of those who experience it. Shin & Park encapsulate these conflicting emotions of love through the juxtaposition of untraditional fabrics, jumping from firm to soft, with a mix of atypical layering. The designs were theatrical, romantic. Feminine, transparent, tulle-like material, used on pants, body suits, coats, capes, tunics, and dresses. Romantic sensibilities are seen through exaggerated and amphorous silhouettes, flowing tulle and hints of opulent costume. The dream-like and fantastical influence of first love is realised through decadent patterns, castle-like ruffles and their signature use of pearls in accessories; in masks, shoulder and corset embellishments. Above all, the collection has a clear and precise message in its defiance of sociological binary norms and aims to be gender-fluid, cross-cultural and unafraid of self-expression.

Viktor & Rolf Mariage Spring Summer 2019

Viktor & Rolf Mariage Spring Summer 2019 is an intricate offering of bold and striking silhouettes. Sculptural creations are embellished with delicate embroideries and signature elements such as classic tulle, iconic bows, patchwork volumes and feminine flower motifs - a mingling which, when paired with the graphic nature of the Mariage collection, results into a typically Viktor & Rolf statement on luxury bridalwear. 

[Photo Credit: Courtesy of Viktor & Rolf]

This season, an abundance of flowers add an ethereal touch, juxtaposing the stark nature of the collection. Lily of the valley, couture flowers inspired by the "Surreal Satin" Haute Couture show, and flower applique motifs mingle throughout the designs and evoke a play on opposites, complementing the outspoken designs with soft embellishments. Tulle, a staple of the Mariage collections is highlighted throughout the offering. 

Eat, Drink, Dress, and Lela Rose - Lela Rose Spring 2019 Bridal Collection

It is known that the fashion designer Lela Rose is not only designing pretty ladylike wares, but also being recognized as a hostess-extraordinaire, who is specialized at throwing exquisite soirees. Like the slogan says on its Instagram page - "Eat, Drink, Dress, Lela", every fashion presentation she hosts is served with delicate food and specialty cocktails with well-curated beautiful match decor.

For Spring 2019 Bridal Collection, the lovely and charming Little Owl The Townhouse at West Village was picked as the event venue with Jazz music played a band near the entrance. White, pink roses along with lemon leaf garlands set the stage. Editors and buyers were assembled, ready to be indulged in strawberry lemonade champagnes punch topped with flowers and bite-size cute cupcakes. The atmosphere was so right and everything was perfect. Lela Rose brides all smiled with refined yet simple and pretty gowns to fit the bodies. Elegant but unfussy, simple but sophisticated, the dresses perfectly echoed the show's setting. It's like a fantasy party, dream to daydream. 

The collection brings southern charm to the modern age. Lela creates a collection designed for today's modern brides featuring delicate feminine details of floral matelassé and embroideries, lace and a hint of vintage flare. The highlights such as a traditional double-breasted suit, a modern fringe flapper dress, Watteau backs and dramatic bows, the collection offers the perfect assortment of distinguished details for the chicest brides. Great ideas for good times, once again Lela brings a lovely and fun spring gathering.

PHOTO CREDIT: TAYLOR JEWELL

Freiknock Debutes Its First Runway Show at Tokyo Fashion Week

On March 19th, Freiknock finished its first runway show at amazon fashion week Tokyo (aka Tokyo fashion week). This runway show has brought a lot of attention from fashion industry individuals and celebrities (such as Hyomin (t-ara), Jisoo (actor), Lee donghwi (actor). The brand is from Korea and was brought to Tokyo by GQ Japan. 

The brand was created in 2016 by You Joohyung and it’s known as a contemporary unisex causal brand based in Seoul, Korea. The brand name was inspired by the word “Frei” - which means free in German, and it was mixed together with “knock” in English, creating a meaning of “knock for freedom”, which makes it more attractive to teenagers in Korea. 

On the runway, the stunning light created a timeless atmosphere, like bridging a route from the past to the future. The collection was created with many different varieties and has very contracted design with eye-attracting prints. Low saturation of color formed a line of street chic silhouette and oversized jackets infused subversive and cool spirit.

FAITH CONNEXION x KAPPA HOST BRAND COLLABORATION EVENT AT SPIN NEW YORK

On Tuesday March 20th, fashion brands, Faith Connexion and Kappa, hosted a special evening at SPiN New York to celebrate their most recent brand collaboration. The evening began with an intimate dinner catered by Cipriani, followed by a series of activations including a ping pong showdown with SPiN's in-house pros and ambassadors. Guests enjoyed a live DJ set by Jinx while sipping on cocktails provided by 1800 Tequila. 

VIP Guests Included: Vic Mensa, Kitty Cash, Young Paris, Ian Mellencamp, Ruth Gruca, Maria Buccellati, Lorenzo Boglione, Emily Oberg, Coco Robert.

ABOUT FAITH CONNEXION x KAPPA

In March 2017, Faith Connexion launched its "faces" down the runway, raw and authentic attitude on full display. In the midst of this creative maelstrom, spectacular sequined track pants shared the spotlight with chic officer trousers, all adorned with full-length Kappa logo tape.

When the collective decided to delve into the world of sportswear for its Winter 2017/18 runway show, Kappa was the obvious choice. The Italian brand's tracksuits, with their now-iconic logo, were appropriated in the 90s by Europe's fringe youth cultures, pulling them off the football fields and into the street. Just as today's urban, diverse and anti-conformist youth culture is at the heart of the collective's creative process.

The famous Kappa logo, launched in '69, consists of two nearly identical back-to-back silhouettes of a man and a woman, a fitting echo of the brand's gender-fluid identity. For this first collaboration, the logo was blown up large, matching the proportions of the revisited oversized sweatpant imagined by the collective. A rainbow of Omini strips from the archives of the Italian brand adorned Prince of Wales and officer trousers in a tuxedo-style band.

For the summer of 2018, the collective pushes the sportswear theme to the limit. In an ironic subversion of Faith Connexion's no-logo identity, the collective playfully manipulates the Kappa logo to extremes. The omnipresent Omini bands get supersized, embellishing oversized trackpants or a long sequined sport skirt. The Kappa brand name gets blown up in equal measure, emblazoned in bold on an overlong scarf, a long jersey streetwear-inspired dress, or a baggy sweatpant.

Kappa's DNA extends beyond the athlete, as the passion of sport is truly ignited by the collective which surrounds him. As such, Faith Connexion, with its ethos of collective creation, has found an authentic alter ego in the athletic wear supplier.

To celebrate the arrival of the latest Faith Connexion x Kappa pieces, the collective called on Vic Mensa, already a familiar "face" to the brand.  The Chicago rapper, who already incarnated the brand in its Spring/Summer 2017 lookbook, retains close ties to Faith Connexion as well as being a fan of the Kappa logo. This time, Vic is taking the creative lead to direct a video in which he seeks to "pay homage to great artists' relationships with their muse in the early 80s. A time when Soho had a completely different meaning. We want to express that energy and electric liveliness." The video will feature an original, unreleased song performed in French by model-turned-singer Adonis Bosso. 

ABOUT SPIN

SPiN is a network of ping pong social clubs, where everyone is welcome, that combines a unique mixture of sport, design and entertainment meant to inspire connections and shared experiences. Offering experiences from both day to night, the clubs feature engaging atmospheres such as ping pong courts, a full bar, restaurant and private VIP room. Take part in the nightly events, tournaments, leagues, corporate functions, private ping pong instruction with professional players, and casual socializing and play. Venues are currently located in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, Toronto and Austin. For more information, please visit: www.wearespin.com #wearespin.

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Chanel

Lagerfeld approaches his themes with literal elan, but lately - as in this show - he’s been foregoing the humour he’s often used to turn these ideas on their head. His last haute couture show for Chanel imagined a palatial French fountain setting, the ready-to-wear show before that a luxuriant French waterfall. It seems that Lagerfeld, now bearded like the wiseman he is, finds a need for a more serious and elegant approach to life in the troubled time we live in. He may be flexing his political muscle in the press but on the massive platform that is his Chanel runway, Lagerfeld is cutting through the noise of the news machine, gifting the world with quiet moments of reflection and appreciation for the things we take for granted. “You know, I’ve always loved autumn. This is a kind of Indian summer with all the leaves. It’s a beautiful mood,” he noted. “Autumn was always my favourite season.”

And so, he staged an 80-exit appreciation march of looks that could only be described as autumnal. It opened with terrific greatcoats, then ankle-length skirt suits whose tweeds lent themselves quite naturally to the surroundings. Quilting and padding were Lagerfeld’s proposals for an outdoorsy Chanel uniform, backed up by furry jackets and capes. Those autumnal colours were reflected in burnt metallics (good patina gold boots and gloves) and in leaf prints on airy ruffle dresses. His new ambassador Kaia Gerber joined the walk in the forest but it was another girl close to Lagerfeld’s heart, who had the honour of closing the show.

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Sacai

Different families of garments melded into one. Hand knit jumpers burst with exuberant capes of chiffon frills, denim jackets met tuxedos and parkas blended with tailored macs. Abe talked of using garment families like Lego blocks, mixing them all up and putting them together to create something new. It made for some interesting asymmetries particularly on the outerwear, with coats swelling with quilted volumes on one side but cut close to the body on the other - the whole look cinched with a skate-inspired shoelace belt. Some outfits even came with mis-matched shoes. This was outfit gymnastics taken to Olympian heights as Abe, layered, contorted and blended with increasing audacity. She also took the opportunity to broaden Sacai’s denim offer with oversize jackets worn inside-out so the blanket lining was on show. The boy-cut, dark denim jeans slit at the knees were the most straightforward pieces on the runway. Despite the multi-layered, multi-dimensional, hybrid constructions, Abe, who began her career at Comme des Garçons said her aim was to create “clothes with an ‘undone’ attitude.”

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Stella McCartney

Bustiers and negligees were embellished onto done-up lace and velvet tops, quite literally pushing the old underwear-as-outerwear chestnut. And with great results. “Anything forced at Stella McCartney feels wrong, which is why everything here has an appeal to you as a human,” the designer noted, never one for self-efficacy. The show marked the debut of her excellent menswear on the runway, a corner of fashion that comes natural to McCartney, who trained on Savile Row and has always imbued her womenswear with heritage menswear codes.

Those men’s looks - an opulent herringbone coat, a roomy check blazer - established a clear line to the women’s tailoring in the collection. But it also ignited thoughts of the times we live in, and that contrast between the sexes, which suddenly feels more novel than ever. “It is really interesting times - and it’s fascinating - but we’re trying to do it in a way that still feels effortless and comfortable. We want to celebrate the relationship between men and women and embrace it,” McCartney said. Rather than playing down the debate of our gender-related differences she put it in neon lights, devoting half of her collection to deshabillé dressing - the undone lingerie elements, the J.H. Lynch paintings of scantily clad voluptuous women transferred to garments and overlaid with tulle - and the other half to the values of menswear.

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Balenciaga

Staged around a fake hill of snow tagged in graffiti with the humanitarian slogans he loves, there was a clarity and confidence to the collection, which outshone the need for the new. Because contrary to expectations, Gvasalia hasn’t made his time at Balenciaga about seasonal reinvention. Now a teetotal fresh lemon tea drinker, who goes jogging around Swiss lakes and Parisian parks, the 37-year-old cult designer is concerned with longevity and sustainability over back-breaking hype and desperation. He is creating a signature at Balenciaga, and with that a legacy. Trademark Demna-for-Balenciaga elements now include: second-skin boots, oversized hoodies, enormous bags, magnified parkas, and heritage tailoring. 

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Givenchy

Clare Waight Keller looked to early 1980s cinema like The Hunger and the cult film Lust & Sound in West-Berlin, taking in the brutalist cityscape of the city around 1980 for that sensibility, picturing its roguish nightlife through the atmospheric lens of film noir. You could see her long-line tailoring, sharp leather coats and slithering lingerie dresses roaming the arid metallic streets of Berlin by night, like something out of the black-and-white filtered minds of Helmut Newton or Robert Mapplethorpe, Bowie and Iggy scoring that fantasy. “Sass,” was her second revelation, a characteristic native to the early 1990s club scene in New York. There, Waight Keller said, she observed a similar sense of strength (and likely mischief) to the glamazons of fashion a decade before, in quirky character girls like Chloé Sevigny and Winona Ryder, who had their clubbing cliques and moody sense of glamour.The reference lent itself perfectly to filtering in the Hubert de Givenchy elements Waight Keller reverently observes: little party dresses structured rigidly with stiff cascading ruffles, sexy fringes and big bows inspired by the archives. She added to them voluminous sculptural faux fur coats, contrasting the sleek lines of her tailoring with the exuberance reflected in her couture debut. Waight Keller’s idea of the codes the now 100-year-old couturier, who she spent time with last year, was a lot raunchier than the polite Audrey Hepburn tradition. 

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Sonia Rykiel

Designer, Julie de Libran had looked back to her own formative fashion years for inspiration and her obsession with post-punk, new wave and eighties pop music and the clothes that came with them. Describing herself as a shy young woman, she said, “this is how I found my voice and spoke: through fashion.” 
De Libran had a reason for her wholehearted embrace of nostalgia. This was an anniversary collection. Fifty years ago, Sonia Rykiel opened her first boutique in Saint-Germain-de-Prés and her brand will forever be associated with an emancipated version of flirty French coquettishness. At times her laughing, joyful groups of models, in striped knit maxi dresses or little modish sequin shifts looked like they were in the girl group version of The Monkees but in fact the models were only the warm up act.

As the last one took to the runway, stage hands placed three microphones onto the catwalk. Then Bananarama walked on and began belting out their greatest hits. Add some epic confetti cannons into the mix and the atmosphere quickly turned into a concert and after party. 

AlexaChung Launches the Virginia Collection

This March, ALEXACHUNG releases the fourth collection titled Virginia. Inspired by the Bloomsbury Group, the collection features 100 Spring appropriate pieces across ready-to-wear, jewellery and shoes, all channelling the playful effervescence synonymous with the brand.

“This season’s inspiration came from writers, painters and sculptors whose lives are filled with created works of beauty. Our muse works in her worn jeans, old t-shirts, borrowed shorts; painting, creating, travelling, loving. Pay close attention to the piping, frills, embroidery and all of the Charleston inspired prints that make up this collection”

Alexa Chung, Creative Director

Virginia is a celebration of art, craftsmanship, and self-expression. Drawing inspiration from the works of British painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf, the collection evokes a modernist intellectual tone. Both Bell and Grant were pivotal players in 20th Century painting and members of the infamous ‘Bloomsbury Group’, a group of artists, poets, philosophers and writers. Throughout, Chung explores Charleston, the country haven and getaway for the group.

The collection is a play between unadulterated comfort and the austere mood of the early 1900’s. True to the lifestyle of the artistic set, oversized ruffle collars, leisurely luxe jacquard pyjamas and sumptuous paisley contrast the loose smock dresses, dungarees and paint splattered denim.

Outerwear and jackets in Virginia all feel in context of the era and are pragmatic in use. Laminated cotton Raincoats in bottle green and cream for typical British days in the garden, sailor jackets in both paisley and navy wool, and the Boxy Military jacket shape harks back to a time gone by. Suits range from a Brideshead Revisited inspired relaxed cream linen two piece, to a delicate flower embroidered check – a bespoke fabric made from an original in-house design.

Dresses this season are an exploration into different silhouettes, trims and necklines. Mid-length dresses of a conservative shape are pulled into the contemporary day with the addition of a bodice with keyhole detail. A key piece is the Ruffle Collar Peasant Dress available in navy and white printed georgette and a white seersucker; these can be worn as loose and lofty or cinched in with a belt. The

Jersey tees and sweatshirts feature prints in the vein of book covers with slogans such as ‘Work of Art’, ‘Tawdry Details’, and ‘Put a Spell on You’, inspired by literature of the time.

Shoes carry the mood of formal and relaxed through cross stitch and perforated clogs, suede espadrille wedges, and comfortable ballerinas with either a flower embroidery detail or a crystal strap.

Jewellery follows the home-grown crafty feeling to echo the works of Vanessa Bell. There are playful wavy hairpins and beaded necklaces with a starfish icon in bashed metal. Brooches in two size op-tions can be pinned to lapels of the cream linen suit or used to elevate simpler looks; these are hand-made silk brooches from Italy, all individually plissée.

Virginia is an ode to the unsung heroes; writers, painters, sculptors, whose lives were and are still filled with wonder.

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Haider Ackermann

“I wanted to have this fragility but at the same time show happiness through the colours. The girls were raised up.” For Ackermann that’s often the case: a balance between light and dark, good and evil and all the other yin and yangs you can think of. The repetition, of course, doesn’t make his rich colouration any less beautiful. In the sea of coppers and petrol hues, shiny princely pastels and liquid black surfaces, a gleaming bronze Aran knit tied as a scarf stood out, sparkling like the most precious treasure in this Aladdin-esque cave of gold. But frayed edges and rough ruffles countered all the riches, bringing that off-kilter element to the collection that Haider Ackermann always includes. 

On the typically quiet soundtrack, Lou Reed philosophised about the Vanishing Act: “It must be nice to disappear, float into a mist with a young lady on your arm, looking for a kiss.” Asked if he was feeling melancholy, the designer shrugged. “Sometimes we all want to disappear... no?”

Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : Balmain

“When I was younger I was looking a lot at the legacy and heritage of the house, but now I feel it’s all about the future,” Olivier Rousteing said, alluding to the many forms and shapes of liquefied iridescence that defined his show. “I’m really happy to do what I do. I went through so much criticism but right now I feel peaceful with who I am,” Rousteing said, echoing a statement often heard backstage at his Balmain. He framed it in some of his favourite 1980s silhouettes, scoring the affair with a camp soundtrack of 1980s evergreens such as “Heart of Glass”, “Take on Me”, and “Tainted Love”. But while Rousteing’s current sense of self-rest is lovely, this collection seemed way more forward-thinking than so. 

The glass-like oily surfaces, rainbow tinsel, iridescent quilting, luscious lamés and dense sequin work were a refreshing departure from his typical tweeds and braiding. Not one that felt any less Balmain, however, especially when he filtered the multi-coloured palette of iridescence into loud solid Technicolor tones and unusual-looking xerox plisse prints towards the end of the collection. “What is my reality? A lot of people talk about my reality,” Rousteing reflected, possibly referring to his Instagram following. “You are so many different kinds of women. Balmain is inclusive. I feel like it was a strong show. Fierce and confident,” he concluded.

FAITH CONNEXION WINTER 18 COLLECTION

This season’s byword is clear: recycle / re-use. And by literally recycling this universal theme, the Faith Connexion collective undertakes a witty exploration of dress codes with a sharp sense of parody.  The brand’s iconic pieces are thus reinterpreted through this new lens.

The message runs through the collection like a common thread, in the form of a red tuxedo stripe with black lettering. The band looks equally at home on an elegant flare trouser, on a blue jogger, and of course the brand’s indispensable wide-leg sequined trouser.  It reprints itself on the fantastic modular linings of military parkas and work wear pieces. In printed fake fur or gold sequins, the linings are reversible, offering a view of quilted interiors printed with the message "reusable," and a space for the owner’s name. Versatility is the key, with each part detaching from the whole, allowing each wearer to compose his own garment at will.

The brand’s iconic 90’s style blazer reinvents itself as a chic jumpsuit, or turns playfully into a mini dress with a plunging back. The classic sheepskin with its oversize cut finds itself adorned with prints and shares the spotlight with red moiré micro bombers. A fantastic cape made of Swiss military tent fabric keeps its classic proportions but exudes a rocker vibe thanks to a crazy tri-color fur lining. An impeccable reversible wool coats offers a mix and match of noble materials. Spectacular ultra-oversize down jackets come fur-lined with sequined exteriors, or in Scottish classic tweed with red fur and black vinyl trim. An elegant blouse with a large lavaliere collar is reinterpreted in a sublime, shimmering technical fabric to amazing effect.

The creative tribe continues to grow, with the brand’s characteristic collaborations multiplying again this season.

Inspired by the iconic mouse, the collective has teamed up with Disney to celebrate Mickey, who will celebrate his 90th birthday this coming November, with a teaser collection of nine pieces.

Sita Abellan returns for a third capsule, with her inimitable punk spirit shining through in a black vinyl raincoat and silver jumpsuit. The Naples-based team NTMB returns as well to continue their work around denim.

Newcomer Dionysios, a visual and conceptual artist of Greek origin, constructs a story around the artist painter’s wardrobe, imagining clothes that bear witness to the creative process as well as being works of art in and of themselves. From the surrealist parka to the paint-stained jeans and the theater inspired red suede "troupe" jacket marked with gold splashes, all the pieces have a history and are part of a numbered series. And in a whimsical twist, the phone number inscribed on the denim jacket with a label promising "call for a good time" will actually be reachable!

Raw and spontaneous, the Winter 2018 collection once again celebrates the uniqueness of the individual and gives every person the opportunity to take ownership of pieces whose stories will continue to evolve with wear.

Loewe Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018 : Noise

If anyone knows how to cut through it sharply, it's Anderson.Perversity aside, this collection was his best for the house, composed of sensual tailoring, breathtaking outerwear, and the most cohesive integration of Loewe leather into ready-to-wear yet. A slouching wool jersey suit was perfectly formed and then slashed in its back; cotton plissé sculpted with lashings of top-stitched calfskin; inlaid strips of lace gave a leather column dress fluid form. There was a severity in technique - slicing and splicing and slashing - and clean cuts with minimal decoration made for impeccable clothes. Coats and capes were quietly impressive, covetable for their precise craftsmanship and perfect fabrication rather than bells and whistles; equally, plain leather rucksacks have never looked so appealing. Through reduction, the craftsmanship of the house - which Anderson is so fanatical about - had an opportunity to shine. Referring to the reading material he presented us with, he explained that "you don't have to run away from classicism; you change the cover and you make it relevant for today… I liked the idea of republishing books in the languages they were originally done in." The original language of Loewe is a meticulous attention to detail, leatherwork and luxury - and here Anderson published them anew, without any bells and whistles to distract. That is what is so uniquely compelling about Anderson: both the veneer of his vision, and its perverse undertones.

Paris Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2018 : Off-White

“There’s so much, so fast… is this even happening?” Virgil Abloh muttered to a friend backstage while fending off hordes of well-wishers. It’s bizarre to watch, but in these frenetic scenarios he is mesmerizing: wide-eyed, ever charming, and meticulous as to what he will divulge. As I waited my turn to speak to him, another journalist was interrogating him on the chaos outside of his show – someone must have been hurt, she said, she thought she might have a panic attack getting in – and he simply looked at her smiling, silently apologetic without admitting culpability. Abloh is certainly aware how to build hype, and he seems similarly aware as to how quickly it could be snatched away.

That being said, his success doesn’t show any signs of waning. This collection, inspired by his desire to “chronicle a girl between two worlds, who has both urban and suburban stylistic choices that she’s melding into one,” was well done: there were chic capes and printed scarves which paid clear tribute to horsey luxury, crisp white shirting and pooling tailored trousers alongside jogging bottoms, branded briefs and bra tops. That equestrian sensibility prevailed throughout, and cropped jackets and corseted hotpants were woven with pastoral tapestries that Abloh seemed particularly proud of: he had taken a traditional British print and re-designed the graphics so that the horseriders it depicted were dressed in Off-White, and that is great.

Chloe Paris Fashion Week Fall Winter 2018 : We are woman.We are different.

Natacha Ramsay-Levi drastically opened up her silhouette: “large, wide, very comfortable, to have volume, to be generous,” she said in a preview on Wednesday. The designer found her inspiration in characters bred through cinema, from actresses like Stéphane Audran to Anjelica Huston, desiring to capture how “cinema can give depth to the psychology of a character.”

She expressed it as a philosophy relating to women’s conversations with their own wardrobes: how one tweaks one’s own character through dress. “She really plays with herself. It’s her going into different characters to enhance herself. When you get dressed that’s how you want to communicate with other people,” Ramsay-Levi said of her season muse. Translated into jodhpurs and bohemian dresses with riding skirts cascading from below the hips, it made for less effortless and more complex silhouettes than last season’s approachable tailoring (which is already making appearances in the wardrobes of show-goers). Medieval elements - embellishment, quilting and heels - found their way into the collection courtesy of Ramsay-Levi’s love of 1970s queen Anjelica Huston, who appeared in the film A Walk with Love and Death set in the fourteenth century.