Fashion week always ends on a high note, not because it marks the end of four weeks, four cities and hundreds of shows and most editors are no longer compos mentis, but because the month-long catwalk season finishes in Paris, the city where the world's most beautiful clothes are seen on the runway. Spring Summer 2016 was a particularly strong season for British designers in Paris, with Alexander McQueen, Chloé, Céline and Stella McCartney all showing formidable collections cementing their st

As is the case with most fashion weeks, the assemblages seen on the runway are best analysed, layer by layer, as there are so many styles and themes presented to make sense of what designers propose. There is a collective individualism to fashion this decade, where the options are never-ending and an anything-goes-attitude surpasses trendy fashion. Nevertheless, there are visible trends and movements, that if carefully dissected, can be absorbed into a woman’s wardrobe in whichever manner makes

Whether you love or loathe Hedi Slimane's transformation of the Yves Saint Laurent brand, you cannot deny its impact on contemporary fashion. The house has been revived more than just economically with Slimane's interpretations of contemporary youth culture and is currently thriving. Other fashion brands are not churning out the same of rate of successful products across a variety of categories, from men's and women's ready-to-wear to accessories, everything at Saint Laurent seems to fly off the

Crowded airports, long security lines and flight delays. Flying today is not the most pleasant experience, and Karl Lagerfeld thinks those travelling on Chanel Airlines deserve a touch more glamour. The indefatigable 82-year-old fashion legend on Tuesday turned Paris's glass-roofed Grand Palais exhibition hall into a massive departure lounge when he unveiled his spring/summer ready-to-wear collection for 2016. At Lagerfeld's "perfect airport", everyone is dolled up in chic Chanel with fl

If Mad Max's female companions ever go shopping in their dystopian desert future-world, Louis Vuitton just might have an outfit to suit. The French fashion label on Wednesday unveiled a Spring/Summer collection at the Paris shows worthy of Road Warrior groupies: half bionic warrior, half punk ballerina. Sci-fi accent Louis Vuitton show The clothes boasted embroidery and protection, leather and zips, and bands that wrapped around knuckles and palms in a way reminiscent of boxers' hand

Giorgio Armani had three important things to say on Monday: yes, he can do colours other than grey and beige, no, he is going nowhere and no, he has not had a nose job. The first point was made by his Spring-Summer 2016 womenswear collection, an unexpectedly colourful affair suffused by various hues of red (flame, lacquer and geranium, since you ask). The second and third were made by Armani himself at the launch of a self-penned book about his extraordinary life and career, told largely thr

The fashion spotlight swings to Paris on Tuesday, giving the weary glitterati a final glimpse of summer -- or what they will be wearing when it returns -- before boots and coats season sets in. After New York, London and Milan, Paris will on Tuesday open its round of ready-to-wear collections for Spring/Summer 2016, with plenty of surprises in store over nine days of shows. Courreges: back to the future The brand known for its futuristic fashion in the 1960s, with geometric lines, lavish u

Mango has all the essentials covered for the fall season with a new lookbook called, ‘The New Basics’. Focusing on street style inspiration, the images star models Julia Hafstrom and Maartje Verhoef. From leopard print coats to distressed denim to casual sweaters, the fashion brand keeps up with the cool wardrobe staples for autumn. Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

Milan Fashion Week headed for the sea on Thursday as Max Mara unveiled a Spring Summer 2016 womenswear collection that was doused in ocean spray. Blugirl's legions of young supporters meanwhile were pointed in the direction of the beach in microshorts given a half-buttock bikini cut. They were paired with woven sandals in a collection entitled "Joie de Vivre" that looked forward to more confident, optimistic times than the fashion industry has operated in of late. To the strains of Jacque

London Fashion Week consistently delivers on innovation, and this season seemed especially relevant with an inaugural location in Soho's Brewer Street Car Park. There was modern romance, 90s references, Victoriana, modernism, high brow and lo-fi, and without attaching a label to London Fashion Week it is best described as an eclectic culmination of both quirky and innovative collections. There was plenty of directional fashion and even commercial collections, but its was the 90s influence th