Written by Katie Wright on 30 Jun 2011
A lot has changed since model Jessica Hart lived in London. Fast forward five years and the native Australian has risen to the top of the international modeling game with a host of high profile international campaigns and catwalk appearances under her belt. This week she returned to the city to unveil her own fashion label, Neon Hart, at the legendary Selfridges department store. Fashionising.com’s…
Written by Katie Wright on 11 Jun 2011
It’s no secret that the universities of London have been churning out exceptionally talented fashion designers for years, from Alexander McQueen and Hussein Chalayan in the nineties to the more recent crop of ascending stars like Holly Fulton and Gareth Pugh. So it’s no wonder all eyes were trained on the graduate collections on show this week in search of tomorrow’s stars. I went down…
Written by Katie Wright on 1 Jun 2011
The full look book for Mark Fast‘s collaboration with Canadian leather retailer Danier has been released. The Canadian-born designer previewed looks from the capsule collection during his mainline show at London Fashion Week in February, and now the final seven pieces have been revealed. Steering away from the skimpy, skin-tight knitwear that Fast is famous for, the collection is almost exclusively fashioned in black leather.…
Written by Katie Wright on 24 Feb 2011
You know you’ve got a hot ticket on your hands at London fashion week when you find yourself schlepping halfway across the city to get to the venue. That’s what those of us who aren’t quite important enough to have a chauffeur driven Mercedes had to do to get to Christopher Kane’s autumn / fall 2011 show on Monday morning. Lesser designers wouldn’t dare to…