Journaux Des Fétichismes

*** On the final day of London Fashion Week 2015, I had the  wonderful chance of visiting Ulyana Sergeenko 's showroom at the beautiful Claridge's Hotel . The art deco scenery welcomed me into her fairytale world. The SS2015 Couture Collection was all about velvet & silk fabrics, feathers, hand embroidered petite details, delicate accessories..all gathered into tangible magic. A gorgeous collection, exhaling great finesse, from one gorgeous woman!  ***  *** I  also saw  Mark Mitanovski  present his painstakingly intricate Autumn Winter 2015 collection (my favourite show this season, I must confess haha), through Fashion Scout.   As the lights went out and only the name of the designer was shining bright at the end of the catwalk, the darkness fell upon the audience followed by a haunting music. When the lights came back on, the first model walked down the runway wearing a ...

*** Fashion week can be quite hectic and confusing, sometimes making you forget your true preferences, and leading you to both style and time decisions you wouldn't normally go for. For example, some people dress up for the sake of dressing up, some for street photographers, some for event photographers, but o ne only needs to refer to two things  w hen discussing the trends of the fall 2015 season: there was the '70s, and then there was the cold. I might as well just end it right there — because that is, really, all you need to know, haha. Basically every big trend revolved around these two categories. We understand the focus on warmth — we saw some record-breaking winter temperatures this year, especially in London, so why not start shopping for next season in the chicest manner possible? Meanwhile, the '70s as a trend certainly isn't a novel idea, though it was a surprise to see that every city embraced it with the same enthusiasm (as I did haha). L...