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Decade Influences
February 23, 2006

Decade Influences

By JC Report

There's an undeniable energy to London's Fashion Week. Though still in the shadows of the other three cities, the PR companies in...

Experimental Shapes, Commercial Currency
February 23, 2006

Experimental Shapes, Commercial Currency

By JC Report

Finding trailblazing fashion in New York is rare, but what the city's designers lack in originality, they make up for in their...

Proportional Shift
February 9, 2006

Proportional Shift

By JC Report

Are we witnessing a radical about-face in the men's designer fashion arena? The tight and narrow silhouette — so long championed...

Sharpness and romance, frills and army dreamers
February 9, 2006

Sharpness and romance, frills and army dreamers

By JC Report

An aristocratic stance was absolutely mandatory at the a/w '06-'07 men's shows in Milan, where fashion's ongoing shift toward peacock-y dandification reached...

São Paulo Heats Up
January 26, 2006

São Paulo Heats Up

By JC Report

On and off the runway in São Paulo, it was common to see women wearing '70s-style printed dresses with such assertiveness that...

Rio Roars
January 26, 2006

Rio Roars

By JC Report

Fashiontainment is global, and Fashion Rio is one of the best examples of the movement. The fact that almost 70,000 people attended...

A dark thread recovered, romantically
December 29, 2005

A dark thread recovered, romantically

By JC Report

Fashion is currently indulging in a moment of theatrical colorless-ness. A decadent, all-black ball is in full swing. The style is strict,...

In New Zealand
December 15, 2005

In New Zealand

By JC Report

For a long time, New Zealand fashion was considered about as appropriate as rugby jerseys and farmers' gumboots at a New York...

Hot Frock
November 17, 2005

Hot Frock

By JC Report

If autumn's It dress is that Hitchcockian number from Roland Mouret, the coming spring will see a different silhouette: several designers are...

Minimal and Mercurial
October 20, 2005

Minimal and Mercurial

By JC Report

Amid the cacophony that greeted the spring season and the about-face toward minimalism and away from overt femininity (as shown at Prada...

The Age of Twisted Innocence
October 20, 2005

The Age of Twisted Innocence

By JC Report

Flooded with all sorts of dresses, frothy frills, white, and considerable legeresse, the Milan s/s '06 collections were quixotic, delicate, and pure....

Spanish Circuit
October 6, 2005

Spanish Circuit

By JC Report

Last year at the David Delfin show in Madrid, we got a firsthand look at alternative Spanish fashions.

Dark Summer
October 6, 2005

Dark Summer

By JC Report

Climate change is apparent: summer just isn't how it used to be. Gone are the days of heat waves and hosepipe bans....

Maximum
September 22, 2005

Maximum

By JC Report

In New York, the fashiontainment identity of the industry grows with every season. The action is as much off the runway as...

In the cut
September 7, 2005

In the cut

By JC Report

In São Paulo, the style spotlight is fixed on Daslu, the luxurious multibrand store selling everything from Louis Vuitton bags to millionaire...

Caribbean Capital
July 28, 2005

Caribbean Capital

By JC Report

While the fashion weeks in Brazil are established must-attend events on the calendar, fashion events just north in the Caribbean are starting...

Counter Culture
July 28, 2005

Counter Culture

By JC Report

Held inside the Biennial building, the 19th edition of Sào Paulo Fashion Week (SPFW) celebrated its 10th anniversary with a nonstop marathon...

Music Men, Travel and Leisure, Fabric in Flux

A melancholic Portuguese fado, the sound of trumpets in New Orleans, or the urgent beat of a new rock band — the music...

White Nights, Preppies, and Space Cowboys
July 28, 2005

White Nights, Preppies, and Space Cowboys

By JC Report

It was a catwalk takeover of formal jackets over skimpy swimming trunks. There were shorts, shirts opened down to the navel, and...

Rio Rundown
July 14, 2005

Rio Rundown

By JC Report

In Rio, designers tend to drink large gulps from the well of European trends. This season was all about taking inspiration from...

Accessible and Aquascutum
March 23, 2005

Accessible and Aquascutum

By JC Report

For a city that prides itself on uncovering the New, London Fashion Week's a/w '05-'06 collections resonated an entirely different note than...


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