I became familiar with the work of Sandy Antoniou in fashion in 2011, when she represented Cyprus at the Young Creative Chevrolet annual fashion competition. A year later, Sandy keeps surprising me with her inventive creations. Her latest original creative concept is fashion made out of coffee filters. Isn’t it ingenious? Credits: Fashion designer: Sandy Antoniou Photography: Chris Christophides, Marinos…
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I dare to say that the most exciting brand I saw at LFW’s Estethica this season, was by far Victim Fashion Street. Faithful to the “naive punk” approach to fashion that designer Mei Hui Liu has defiantly unravelled for over a decade, the label’s collection managed to be ground breaking not only in terms of sustainability, which is the main criteria for Estethica, but also in…
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I was running through my photo archive when I came across a couple of pictures of a lovely BCBG Max Azria ring that I bought last November from a pre-Xmas discount event at Harvey Nicholls Knightsbridge. I have always admired BCBG’s fashion identity, other than for the outstanding quality of fabrics, primarily for the sophisticated minimalism that makes the brand’s…
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One of the most original and stunning collections presented during this season’s London Fashion Week was that of Spanish-born designer Elisa Palomino for Autumn/Winter 2012-13. The powerful concept of bringing to life the fashion sense of one of the most inspiring trendsetters of the 20th century made Palomino’s collection one to stand out from those of most of her London colleagues’. Elisa Palomino’s…
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At this moment when most fashion journalists, buyers, designers, celebrities and fashionistas travel around fashion weeks, isn’t it amazing how everybody has the opportunity to take a closer look at the world of fashion through a prestigious, customer-friendly event, such as the London Fashion Weekend. Only a week after the start of the official London Fashion Week and just a couple of days…
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