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LCM: Reviewing Alexander McQueen SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:38:19 +0000

Image: Alexander McQueen. In shaking tradition, this season Alexander McQueen presented its Spring/Summer 2015 collection as a post-modernist dialogue relevant to—and referencing—the here and now. Image: Alexander McQueen. A departure from creative director Sarah Burton’s gothic-historic formula, this season drew inspiration from Japanese Kabuki theatre and Henri Matisse, utilizing collage and pattern to create a more buoyant presentation

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LCM: Reviewing Kent and Curwen SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:33:47 +0000

Image: Kent and Curwen. For Kent and Curwen, Spring/Summer 2015 was all about capturing the essence of the “front man,” a restless character with a distinctive and unapologetic style. In this, his second full collection for the heritage house, creative director Simon Spurr combined traditional British dress codes with contrasting graphic patterns to create a modern collection

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LCM: Reviewing Jimmy Choo SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:12:44 +0000

Image: Jimmy Choo. Escaping the quaint boundaries of its own comfortable neighborhood of Mayfair, London, Jimmy Choo‘s Spring/Summer 2015 collection aimed “to capture what it means to live in this city,” and in doing so, took us on quite an adventure. Image: Jimmy Choo. Elegant white-soled hiking boots trekked alongside combat boots at eye level,

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LCM: Reviewing J.W. Anderson SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 19:34:32 +0000

Image: J.W. Anderson. This past Tuesday was a busy day for Jonathan Anderson. Not only did the designer launch a brand new e-commerce add-on to his website, but he also presented J.W. Anderson‘s Spring/Summer 2015 menswear line at 10 AM that morning. Dreamed a collection that “evolved to commandeer and pervert men’s traditional silhouettes,” this season’s

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LCM: Reviewing Gieves & Hawkes SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 17:27:42 +0000

Image: Gives & Hawkes. Quintessentially English brand, Gieves & Hawkes, gently splashed waves of Summer nostalgia for the British coastline in its Spring/Summer 2015 collection earlier this week. Tones of ocean greens, marine blues, sand, and ivory transported us from an urban location to a different world in a collection that was as expectedly sophisticated as it

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LCM: Reviewing DKNY SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:58:17 +0000

Image: DKNY. Presented in London for the first time, DKNY‘s Spring/Summer 2015 collection was “created for urbanites who can’t stand still.” And yet despite its temporary new home, the brand refused to forget its roots, offering a parade of styles created for the tough-mouthed residents of its true city at heart. Outfits echoed the chameleon-like ability

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LCM: Reviewing Lou Dalton SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:49:30 +0000

Image: Lou Dalton. Following the goal to create menswear for the current consumer, Lou Dalton‘s Spring/Summer 2015 collection was all about control. Image: Lou Dalton. This season designer Louise Dalton chose to focus on suiting, but not as you know it, drawing inspiration equally from both military attire and sportswear. At first, bright injections of color

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LCM: Reviewing Richard Nicoll SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 17:50:42 +0000

Image: Richard Nicoll. Presenting his self-described “special normal” collection, Richard Nicoll Spring/Summer 2015 was minimal, un-ironed, lightweight and effortless. Image: Richard Nicoll. Juxtaposing show notes such as “utalitarian elegance” and “innovative familiarity” gave an early indication of Nicoll’s fusion of elements and mastering of normcore for this season. Although clean whites and metallics were dominant at first,

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LCM: Reviewing TOPMAN Design SS15

Emma Pulbrook — Tue, 17 Jun 2014 16:22:09 +0000

Image: TOPMAN Design. A contrast to last season’s industrial monochrome, TOPMAN Design’s Spring/Summer 2015 collection was a playful and vibrant hybrid of 1970’s Woodstock and 1990’s Brit Pop. Bell-bottom trousers, sharp tailoring, Gallagher-inspired Parkas, and psychedelic prints all came together in an extremely relevant collision at the height of music festival season, with Bonnaroo just

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LCM: Reviewing KTZ AW14

Emma Pulbrook — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 20:40:55 +0000

Climbing at haute altitudes, the cool-as-ice collection from KTZ gave us the same level of eccentricity we’ve come to expect from the Japanese brand. Models showed faces painted grey with harsh angular contouring and wore only blacks and whites with touches of metallic. It was an army of Himalayan snow storm warriors, as if a movie

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