Korean-born designer Eudon Choi turned to Russian folklore for the inspiration for his Autumn/Winter 2013 collection, mysteriously titled Varykino. Playful folkloric elements such as peasant blouses, vivacious oversized babushkas by milliner Piers Atkinson, and wide calf-length skirts were toned down by sombre black leather and heavy brocade. Several black ensembles were festooned with a mix ... Read more
Many brave girls are wearing sandals at London Fashion Week. Though temperatures are still lower than anyone would want, seeing spring clothes and accessories in abundance makes you want to fast forward to April, when lighter footwear such as these Pierre Hardy colour-block suede sandals (£480) becomes the norm. When the colour-blocking trend emerged in ... Read more
Fyodor Golan was the first show I attended at London Fashion Week Autumn/Winter 2013. Designers Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman described their collection as a coming-of-age story inspired by Luis Buñuel's cult 1967 film Belle de jour, starring Catherine Deneuve. The Belle de jour inspiration was largely unrecognisable because the intricate pieces full of contrasts ... Read more
The next London Fashion Week, showing collections for Autumn/Winter 2013, begins on Friday. What do you need if you're attending fashion week as a journalist? 1. Bright, stylish notebook (Lanvin, £40) for jotting down first drafts of show reviews and overheard conversations about how wearing your jacket over the shoulders makes you look like a ... Read more
Stella McCartney's Falabella holographic snake print tote (£855) is the perfect accessory to celebrate Chinese New Year, which will be that of the snake. The tote also embraces the holographic trend, which exploded with Burberry's metallic trench coats at last London Fashion Week and is set to take over Spring 2013 by storm: London high-street ... Read more