Breaking news It’s been an eventful week for power moves in fashion. The Financial Times fashion editor Vanessa Friedman has replaced critics Suzy Menkes and Cathy Horyn at The New York Times (hooray, fashion criticism isn’t dead!). Make-up artist Peter Philips, most known for his exquisite work at Chanel, has been tapped creative and image ... Read more
French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH has revealed the twelve finalists for the LVMH Young Designer Prize, worth €300,000. For young designers, this is the equivalent of jackpot — there’s currently no other fashion prize worth more or associated with such a prestigious name. The finalists will present their Autumn 2014 collections at the LVMH headquarters ... Read more
Coco Chanel by Man Ray Coco Chanel, the most famous woman in fashion history, needs little introduction. Widely credited with revolutionising womenswear in the early twentieth century, she founded one of the world's top luxury brands. Fashion historians argue that she was not the only nor the first designer to apply modernist principles to dressmaking. ... Read more
Breaking news Harrods has teamed up with Prada to create Pradasphere, a space offering customers total immersion into the seductive world of Prada through exhibitions, a capsule collection of ready-to-wear and accessories designed exclusively for Harrods, and a Prada café. Don't miss the chance to Prada-ise yourself this May! * Editor of US Vogue Anna ... Read more
Marchesa Luisa Casati by Man Ray (1922) Marchesa Luisa Casati was an eccentric patroness of the arts and socialite, born into an aristocratic Italian family in 1881. As a teenager, she inherited an immense fortune that she later used to fund her transformation into a living work of art. In her ruined Venetian palace (the ... Read more