Christopher Kane

What to wear now? Look to London Fashion Week Fall 2016 runways to update your wardrobe

Runway to Realway  Fashion Inspired by London Fashion Week Fall 2016 It's the next installment on how to work the runway trends into your wardrobe. You've peeked at what was shown in New York, drooled over couture and now London is calling. Almost no one ever wears what is actually shown on the runway. But everyone should open up for a lot of inspiration. A nuance here. A trend there. Rethink how you get dressed everyday with a healthy dose of London Fashion Week  Fall 2016 inspiration. Really, what could be better than grasping the trend before it even hits the stores? READ: Fashion Week: Why Should You Care About The Runway? Catch up with the Top Five Trends from London

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Ultimate Spring 2013 Runway Trend Resource Guide: It’s time to review, revive, repeat + wear!

Spring highlights from Jil Sander, Ralph Lauren, Balenciaga, and Valentino Off the catwalks and on to your inspiration, here's the Spring 2013 Runway Trend Resource Guide to spruce up your style. Fashion Week (you know that "week" is has really become over a month and globally then some) is designed for the trade and shown way in advance for the buying season. Starting with NEW YORK FASHION WEEK, then hitting LONDON FASHION WEEK, over to MILAN FASHION WEEK, and closing with PARIS FASHION WEEK all the major cities produce more than enough of content. While we show you the best trends that walked the runway loaded with tips + advice to inspire you to get the look with what you have, + what you should  look out for

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Don’t Miss The TOP 5 London Fashion Week Trends From Fall 2013 To Wear NOW

Style Notes for the Top 5 London Fashion Week Trends:  You loved our extensive coverage of  NYFW and our Top 7 New York Fashion Week Trends for Fall 2013. Our Fashion Week street style trends from NY & London have been a hit too. Wink, wink. So, without further adieu...  we bring you the Top 5 Trends from London fashion Week for fall 2013 to start to add to your wardrobe NOW. Do I here a sale rack calling??? As news breaks that designer Christopher Kane joined the big leagues with new funding, London Fashion Week trends saw many of his generational peers adapting  a stronger, more directional approach to their collections. In other words, some of the fashion world's most notable, forward

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Highlights from London Runways – Spring 2013 Christopher Kane, Erdem, Preen and Simone Rocha

Get inspired right now with highlights from the London Spring 2013 Runways Too much fashion too fast coming your way during fashion month? While we may agree, consider the collections ample reason to bulk up on instant style advice that you can try at home -today! >>DISCOVER: Highlights from New York Spring 2013 Fashion Week Fresh off the London runways that just closed the city's fashion week comes our seasonal take on notes you shouldnt miss, condensed for you here to hit your closet and go. With all of these ideas coming your way, what have you got to lose? >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Just as in New York, many of most alluring collections played with time-tested notions of femininity;

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Revisit In the Details- Fresh Spring Ideas at London Fashion Week You Shouldn’t Miss

Since some of the best eye-catching ideas we saw at London Fashion Week for Spring 2012 may have been easy to miss at first glance, we wanted to look back and focus on the most surprising, clever and inspiring details that caught our attention. MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Christopher Kane(and above) In a season full of flower power, Christopher Kane's playful alternative featuring printed cut-out collage patches makes for one of the wittiest takes we've seen for such a femme motif. Erdem While Erdem's sheer lace boater was the perfect topper for an ultra sweet look, we see it becoming a smart, cheeky add-on to all kinds of outfits come Spring. Peter Pilotto Cut-outs with a baroque inetensity were made ultra

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Want it Wednesday- Christopher Kane’s Hit Floral Clutch

In our books Christopher Kane continues to excel with collections so mind-bogglingly cool and forward thinking without being too complex and if you've paid any attention to the fashion street scene photogs, he's now gotten a hold on creating exhilarating must-have bags. >>More: Christopher Kane Fashion Did you see his gel filled, neon hued clear plastic envelope clutches from last season? Good luck finding one of those collectibles now! >> SHOP: BEST BAGS Spring 2012's runway outing had us coveting his organza tee covered in plastic floral decals but his 3-d floral pouchette clutch really got our attention. CHECK OUT: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS While it's quirk factor is unquestionably playful and reminiscent of 70's children's stickers, it could make for one of the coolest bags we've seen

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In the Details- Spring 2012s Best Ideas You Shouldn’t Miss

Since it can be challenging to not only remember what we’ve seen, and getting a second chance to glance at all of the astonishing details seems sadly unlikely, we wanted to take a moment and look back at everything one could easily miss. Here’s a look at our favorite elements from all of the Spring 2012 shows starting with Rochas’ angular techno take on 50′s starlet glamor as seen above.  >> MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Rochas (above) At Rochas, calculated retro sensibilities go a long way and Spring's angular sunglasses made a chic case for easy vintage flair, making them the coolest, must-have frames of the season. >>MORE: Notes on Spring 2012 Prada Vintage ladylike bags got revved up with ingenious graphic appliqué

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Spring 2012 Round-Up- The Best of the Season

Just as the Spring 2012 collections are set to hit stores next month comes a quick review of our favorite outings from the season to keep you looking fresh and updated on all of the best of the season. From Balenciaga's sic-fi futurism to Rochas' retro regality, we've got you covered on all the must-have collections full of covetable cool. >>MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Balenciaga After 10 years of riveting, out-of-this-world collections season in & season out, Nicolas Ghesquiere was back with another astounding sci-fi take on 60′s futurism mashed with the rigor and depth of Cristobal Balenciaga’s couture minded trapeze shapes. Paired with his sense of modernity, his continual references to the house’s heritage have made his latest collections enviable winners. Opening with a

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The Top 10 Fashion Moments of 2011- The Year In Review

While fashion's come & go, they do serve as a sign of the times we live in and work as a time capsule of sorts full of memories, moments and merriment. Looking back at the sartorial world of 2011, what comes to mind may be the abundance of too much too fast (so much fashion, so many news outlets, too many designers) -that's why we've complied a shortlist of the good, the bad and the boring. From Missoni madness to celebrating fallen designers, it was definitely a year full of fashion surprises and feats. Fashion Designers Ride the Merry-go-Round- From who will take John Galliano's job at Dior (above, post Galliano) to the comings & goings of chief designers at Balmain, Chloe, Cacharel,

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Must-Have… Christopher Kane’s Crochet Cardigan

Like fellow powerhouse Miuccia Prada, we wait with bated breath to see what kind of mind-boggling, jaw dropping references London designer Christopher Kane is about to release onto fashion's trend radar for season's to come. From intricate floral embroideries placed on patent leather to haute 90's notes from the likes of Gianni Versace and Dolce & Gabbana, he's taken us on a wild, un-assuming ride and made our wardrobes all the better for it while becoming a renowned pioneer of the new & the must-have. WE KNOW YOU WANT IT: Get the sweater here This season he touched upon a reference we'd have never seen coming; the mundane, hippie-minded granny-chicness of crochet knits and we've been coveting his sci-fi twisted crocheted knit cardigans and separates ever since. In Kane's hands,

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Best of London Fashion Week- Acne, Christopher Kane, Meadham Kirchoff, Richard Nicoll- Spring 2012

Christopher Kane spring 2012
Leave it to London to really get the ball rolling when it comes to fantastical, covetable and overall completely original collections that are not only going to expand our must-have lists exponentially, but are also certain to inspire our sartorial wishes and desires for this upcoming season to come. Here's a look at our favorite collections from London for Spring/Summer 2012. MORE: FASHION SHOWS AND RUNWAY REVIEWS Christopher Kane   Call it his most wearable collection to date if you may, but there was nothing saccharine nor overt about Christopher Kane's light femininity for Spring. Instead Kane, never one to compromise his sci-fi sensibilities, whipped up a dreamy, graphic alternative to the heavy floral summer dresses we've seen elsewhere this season. Frothy dresses covered

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London Fashion Week Look Back Move Ahead Fall 2010

Fashion inspiration from the London catwalks... Putting on their vintage shopping brain, our friends at VagabondNYC look back at last week's London Fashion Week to tell you what future fashion influences their vintage shopping hunts. Think like a stylist, and you too can get next year's look right now by finding inspiration in the details of what's in store for next season.   >> Look at our complete London Fashion Week coverage and all Fashion Shows

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Printemps Paris Alice in Wonderland store windows salute fashion and whimsy

Printemps Paris Alice in Wonderland store windows Alice in Wonderland mania has taken Paris by storm! Printemps is lighting up the dreary, gray winter with their delightfully whimsical and chic Alice in Wonderland windows. The department store is celebrating the release of the new Tim Burton version of "Alice in Wonderland," starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter as the Red Queen, with a very French fashion touch. Free rein was given to a group of top international designers to use their imagination to create their own Alice dress. Alice in Wonderland theme in the Printemps Paris windows Haider Ackermann, Manish Arora, Chloé, Ann Demeulemeester, Christopher Kane, Nicholas Kirkwood, Maison Martin Margiela, Bernhard Willhelm, and the late

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