Designs Of The Day | Claire Barrow | KTZ | L'Wren Scott | Maria Grachvogel

Claire Barrow Spring '14

I love the defiance in Claire Barrow's work. I get the sense she loves it when her sensibilities naturally run counter to fashion's norms. Eg: barefoot models :) 

KTZ Spring '14

I have long suspected that one of the primary elements that will define the future of fashion is the blending of current cultural traditions of dress. Marjan Pejoski and Koji Maruyama of KTZ are at the forefront of that arriving.

L'Wren Scott Spring '14

Overall the collection lacked restraint but this piece is wonderfully refined & elegant.

Maria Grachvogel Spring '14

It was tough to pick a design to feature from this collection. Beautiful fabric control and a fantastic print.

Designs of the Day | Mark Fast | Peter Pilotto | Meadham Kirchhoff | Marios Schwab

Marios Schwab Spring '14

A body hugging lace dress that owes nothing to the 19th or 20th Centuries? Hallelujah. 

Mark Fast Spring '14

That's wool as a woven. It's also a very distinctive and sexy dress. The below the knee long plumage might have been and editing nightmare but Mark Fast got it just right.

Meadham Kirchhoff Spring '14

A delightfully off kilter collection destined to end up in the closets of some of the most interesting women in the world. I hope I meet one in this dress in Soho next spring.

Peter Pilotto Spring '14

A goddess of volcanic power. Isn't it clever how the construction and the print echo each other?

Designs of the Day | Preen | Alice Temperley | Thomas Tait | Marques Almeida

Preen by Thornton Bregazzi

I'm grateful that Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi don't  buy into that silly notion that using prints with asymmetry is a no no because it makes it too busy. It just takes a deft hand, they have four of those.

Watching Alice Temperley grow down through the years has been a absolute joy. Her singular brand of romanticism is unlike any other designer.

Thomas Tait Spring '14

Thomas Tait is one of those designers who I don't quite have a handle on yet. Isn't a great thing that thing my understanding is utterly irrelevant and that he makes beautiful, intriguing clothes?

Marques' Almeida

A very inventive and cleverly wearable debut collection, that is undoubtedly being knocked off as you read this.

Temperley London Spring '14

Thomas Tait Spring '14

Marques Almeida Spring '14