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  • Kristen McMenamy backstage at Louis Vuitton

    Collections Digest | Paris Round Up

    Day 1: Wednesday September 29 - It is the last stretch of fashion month and Dries Van Noten welcomes everyone into Paris with signature simple clothes to lust after. - On to Gareth Pugh who continues showing in the fashion capital and...

  • McQueen RTW S/S99 from the exhibition Histoire idéale de la mode contemporaine

    AnOther To Do List | October Previews

    From October – Wrap it up: This month London Undercover launches a range of luxury men’s scarves. From October – Twinkle Little Star: Omer Asim launches a dazzling new jewellery collaboration with Maya Antoun for SS/11...

  • Backstage at Cacharel

    Collections Digest | Paris Fashion Week, Day Four

    Day four of Paris fashion week brought summery brights from Cacharel and Sonia Rykiel. Rykiel did what she does best; transforming lightweight knits into fashionably wearable pieces. Colour blocking came in complimentary hues of stark red,...

  • AnOther Issue 19

    Behind the Pages | Nike: Varsity Muse

    Nike Sportswear’s take on the retro Varsity Letterman jacket was the focus of photographer Scott Trindle and stylist Katie Shillingford’s AnOther Magazine fashion story. Originally worn with pride by gangs of high schoolers and college...

  • Louis Vuitton

    Collections Digest | Paris Fashion Week, Day Eight

    Over the top, decadent and anything but minimal – which has had a big presence through many of the upcoming collections – Louis Vuitton’s S/S11 show was a celebration of excess and campness. On each of the show’s seats was a sheet of paper...

  • Kenzo archive

    Collections Digest | Paris Fashion Week, Day Seven

    Day seven of Paris fashion week brought new and old from Alexander McQueen and Kenzo. A hard role to fill, Sarah Burton stepped up to the task with flying colours after taking over from the late designer. With a light, warm and natural...

  • Model backstage at Yves Saint Laurent

    Collections Digest | Paris Fashion Week, Day Six

    Yves Saint Laurent’s grand catwalk location – a Rothschild hôtel particulier on Rue Berryer – set the mood for Stefano Pilati’s S/S11 collection, which also paid homage to the mood of the late designer. With glamorous long dresses, trench...

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    Object of Desire | Penhaligon's Sartorial

    This playful stop-motion animation accompanies the new gentlemen’s fragrance Sartorial from one of the finest, quintessentially English perfume houses, Penhaligon’s. Illustrator and animator Quentin Jones (who also created AnOther’s Chanel...

  • Model backstage at Vivienne Westwood

    Collections Digest | Paris Fashion Week, Day Three

    It was all about the hair and make-up at Christian Dior and Vivienne Westwood on day three of Paris fashion week. Where models at Dior looked distinctly polished in their retro curled hair and bright red lipstick, at Westwood the look was...

  • Zac Posen

    Collections Digest | Paris Fashion Week, Day Two

    Day two of Paris fashion week brought attitude in varying forms at Zac Posen, Balmain and Rick Owens. Posen’s models appeared like glamorous vamps in his boudoir-styled collection of lace, satin and feathers that came in deep reds and...

  • Karolina Kurkova at Dries Van Noten

    Collections Digest | Paris Fashion Week, Day One

    Cut was key on the first day of Paris fashion week: inspired by “the handsome woman” Dries Van Noten brought his beauties down the catwalk in oversized masculine tailoring. Plus-sized tuxedos and cotton shirts were juxtaposed with more...

  • Indian elephant armour

    Womenswear Confidential | AF Vandevorst S/S11

    A strange mysticism surrounds combat elephants. They were never publicised in paintings from the 18th and 19th century and barely feature in books retelling the tales of battle. Elephant armour is made of sheet iron panels and chainmail...