Posts tagged with 'designer sportswear':

From Y3's luxurious take on casual fashion to Hommebody making sweatshirt fabric appropriate for working out or for work, designer sport clothes is showing no signs of a slow down as a trend to rival the denim craze seen in the last few years. Here's a listing of the some of the players and their activities in the sector.  read more »

Boudicca, that intense British fashion label from Zowie Broach and Brian Kirby, has been somewhat of a guarded secret in loyalist fashion circles since its inception in 1997. Precision tailoring and innovative constructions levelled through esoteric catwalk presentations has marked the brand's identity from early on.  read more »

Barring some pricy restaurants up the Kings Road, Chelsea's hip neighborhood identity relies on Marko Matysik's appointment only atelier (0207 9999 222) for customized ultra luxe chinchilla headrests, bungie chord bags, and leather corsets. Sloany girls pick up Marc Jacobs and Jimmy Choo at Mimi boutique up the street. But en route to the heart of Chelsea is the site of the a luxury explosion, extending the Sloane Street promenade nearly to Sloane Square with an inviting new Bottega Veneta (with a fab selection of less expensive small leather goods) and Chloe boutiques. And shedding the North Beach Leather image, Jitrois now have chic Knightsbrige women clad in nappa leather suits for spring.  read more »

To discover the future of fashion, last month a flock of fashionistas descended on Hyeres in the south of France for the annual "Festival international des Arts de la Mode." The influential show is responsible for launching venerated talents such as Viktor and Rolf, Alexandre Matthieu and Gaspard Yurkievich and now 1999's first prize winner of the event,  read more »

New Swedish label Curious Colour rebels against conventional fashion antics. The designer duo and founders, Mathilda Tham and Martina Norell, turned their backs on practical aspects of the industry like seasonal collections and elitist attitudes. The Curious Colour way of doing things is far more challenging and refreshingly abstract, where collections are replaced by "issues," each exploring a certain theme, "delivered when we have something to say," says Tham. "An issue can consist of a large range of clothes, products and concepts, or just a few t-shirts or a technology project. The issue system ensures short lead times, constant news value, high flexibility and mobility." Curious Colour's first issue, "the party is open," is based on openness and the importance of having fun. And the clothes exudes just that; cute separates all intended to be kept for a long time, as opposed to be tucked away come next season.  read more »

Unassuming knits, leather bombers and paired down denim targeting low-key fashion boys keep the eponymous house of Martin Margiela going. But from the inception of the ellusive Belgian designer's label, his image has been marked by the break-apart, put-back-together styles of deconstructed clothing. For fall, he showed tuxedo tops morphing into satin skirts; sleeves turned inside out, exposed lining and patchwork knits bunch together to sublime effects. And not since the intellectual fashion statement years of the mid-nineties has Margiela's signature aesthetic been so pertinent. Fashion is embarking on one of its thinking periods and the heady potion of deconstruction is leading the way.  read more »

Under Cover, the label from Japanese designer Jun Takahashi is providing Paris a whiff of the underground, but in London where edgy designer talent seems to blossom with the season, the buzz is out on Johnathan Saunders. Retro prints gone future and a precise skill for working slim and voluminous silhouettes together is winning Saunders quick friends while he simultaneously defines a rather desirable blend in fashion right now.  read more »