Six Scents Parfums: The Sweet Smell of a Creative Charitable Success

It is a reality often observed that the course of creative partnerships does not always run smooth. However, when inventive minds are joined with the intention to think and feel alike while mindful of a charitable purpose, the fruit of those encounters can be exceptionally flourishing. Each year, the Six...

Cy Choi Menswear: Grafting the Fashion Ideal

Cy Choi is a menswear brand from Seoul, South Korea, that has been on the sartorial radar of The Style Examiner for a while. Following on the footsteps of previous highly accomplished collections, the clothes designed for the current Autumn/Winter 2011 are a testament to its creator’s ingenuity in providing...

British Fashion Awards 2011 Winners Announced

At a ceremony in London on 28 November 2011, the British Fashion Council announced Sarah Burton as the winner of the British Fashion Awards‘ esteemed ‘Designer of the Year’ award 2011. Burton’s creative direction at Alexander McQueen has allowed McQueen’s legacy to live on while still giving her own twist...

Ann Demeulemeester’s Exclusive Designs for Thecorner.com

Belgian fashion designer Ann Demeulemeester has developed an exclusive capsule collection for online retailer thecorner.com. The collection consists of four pieces (a waistcoat, a tank top, trousers, and a shopper bag) that, although not on the economical side of fashion, can be combined to create individual looks for both men...

Matinique: Understanding the Success of Fashion

More often than not, fashion critics and journalists tend to overlook garments and accessories usually described as practical and commercial. If the influence of high fashion and experimental designs is undoubtedly seductive in that it reveals the constructive potential of creativity, there are numerous designers and brands that ought not...

Loewe’s Accessories for Men Hit London in Time for Christmas

For this year’s Christmas season, Spanish luxury brand Loewe decided to treat its male clients in London with a dedicated new space where they will be able to find exclusive leather items and other accessories. A temporary 25-square meter store opened at 6, Royal Exchange on 14 November with the...

Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen to Take London by Storm in 2012

To celebrate the cultural and creative potential and achievements of the UK capital in 2012, British fashion labels Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney will host presentations during February’s London Fashion Week. In addition to the catwalk show, Alexander McQueen has announced the Spring 2012 opening of its McQ flagship store...

Aqua: The Promise of Style that Doesn’t Deliver

When the Autumn/Winter 2011 menswear lookbook for fashion label Aqua landed on The Style Examiner’s desk, we found the designs appealing and were curious to find out more about the collection. The label describes itself by resorting to unabashed PR prose, as being ‘synonymous with fashion forward thinking and boundary...

Terence Conran and the Portrait of How We Live Now

The Design Museum in London is marking Terence Conran’s 80th birthday with ‘The Way We Live Now’, a major exhibition that explores Conran’s design career and its significant impact on contemporary life in the UK and internationally. There is little doubt that, through his own design work, and also through...

‘From Catwalk to Cover’ Exhibition: They Shoot Fashion, Don’t They?

On a wall of a room tucked away from the main display area of London’s Fashion and Textile Museum lies a captivating photograph by Chris Moore that sums up the underlying message of the current exhibition ‘From Catwalk to Cover’, to which it belongs. The photograph depicts Alexander McQueen’s catwalk...