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Emerging Designer Miss Sohee Is Reinventing Couture Fashion For a New Era
London-based fashion designer Sohee Park defines her womenswear brand Miss Sohee as “demi-couture”. After graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2020, her graduate collection was featured on the cover of LOVE magazine — and Park has since launched a successful fashion brand in the midst of the pandemic, while reinventing couture for a new generation. Sohee Park graduated in the same CSM class as emerging designers Harris Reed and Yasmina Atta. Her graduate collection “The Girl In Full Bloom” featured voluminous demi-couture gowns with glam ’60s and gilded Hollywood references. The first star to embrace Park’s designs was Miley Cyrus for a performance on The Graham Norton Show in October 2020. But Miss Sohee truly took off in 2021 after being worn by Ar...
I Just Found 17 Perfect Autumn Pieces At & Other Stories
Trends might come and go, but the overall feeling and mood of each season is very consistent. Spring is always colourful and optimistic, summer is bolder and more experimental and winter is a tale of two moods: hibernating and partying. Autumn however tends to be a moment to make sensible purchases, taking stock of what is and isn’t in your wardrobe. September is the time when people invest in classic staples, such as blazers, boots, coats and cashmere. Items that will be building blocks to any wardrobe throughout the year. They might be simple but we find these items tend to require the most consideration, as you want to be sure you’ve got the best quality and cut to ensure these pieces will really last and do the job. On the high street, & Other Stories’ really excels in this area, w...
Put This Trending Top on and You’ll Look Sporty and Rich
At some point in the recent past, someone decided to merge the two worlds of athleisure and Princess Di together and come up with the term ‘sporty and rich’. Unlike the aforementioned atheleisure trend, this isn’t just about adding a pair of Adidas trackies to a white shirt or some other similar iteration, this is about channeling a classic sportswear piece but as if you’ve just finished a game of tennis or heading out of a swanky members club gym. Right now the piece that epitomises this look is the rugby shirt for women. It’s been bubbling away for a while. Ganni created an orange and black version adorned with sparkly buttons a couple of seasons ago, which I spotted on Abisola Omole. And I’ve also seen Lucy Williams wearing a short-sle...
Zara Let Me Try On the 10 Autumn Pieces Everyone’s Talking About—See All My Pics
Welcome to The Great Try-On. With autumn on the horizon, we seized the opportunity to try on some of the best autumn pieces from some of your favourite brands, documenting the process along the way. We believe that the most foolproof way to shop online is to see an item IRL and to read candid reviews, so we hope that this leads you to some successful purchases. I am a Zara fan through and through. Yes, I am a fashion editor, and stalking Zara’s site is technically a part of my job, but do I also browse Zara in my free time? Yes, of course I do. Beyond the approachable price point, which typically results in an obnoxiously full online shopping cart at any given time, Zara always manages to have exactly what I am looking for. Whether it’s the latest grouping of trends, ...
13 Cult Pieces We’ve Seen All Over the Streets of Fashion Week
For a lesson in what to wear right now, you needn’t necessarily look to the runways, as, often, they showcase creations too fantastical for everyday use. Instead, we like to zero in on the street style set, which reliably cherrypicks the need-to-know pieces for us, subsequently setting the tone of our wardrobes for the season ahead. And right now, as we find ourselves in the midst of Fashion Month, those dashing to and from shows are serving up all the shopping inspiration we need with their perfectly executed outfits, which feature some seriously hot items. Identifying these items comes easily to editors, as chances are we’ve already come across them during our dutiful fashion research. However, for the average person who doesn’t work in the industry, finding out where t...
COS Made a Handbag That Looks Designer, and It’s Going to Sell Out Fast
Listen up, everyone. I’ve found the perfect bag. Not only is it ideal for daily life—it fits your wallet, a mask, hand sanitiser and even a bit of makeup—but it’s also great for evenings out. Don’t believe me? Well, the good news is I’ve collected the evidence to prove how versatile and chic this bag actually is. But first, let me give you the details. It’s a black, leather, crescent-shaped handbag with a thick strap. It’s smooth and pretty featureless, other than a couple of silver belt studs and a well-hidden zip. There’s no denying that it bears more than a resemblance to The Row‘s Banana Bag, but it comes at a much more affordable price point. So far, I’ve spotted minimalist queens Marisa Martins and Alexis Foreman wearing t...
Tom Daley’s Met Gala Prep Included Knitting a Harry Styles-Inspired Cardigan
How does Tom Daley prepare for his first Met Gala? Knitting, of course. Daley had a cheeky little preknit before attending New York’s most decorated fashion ball. The Olympic diver shared his moments before the Met Gala via Instagram video, while in the midst of knitting a cardigan inspired by Harry Styles’s JW Anderson crochet cardigan. Sitting on his windowsill, and focusing on his newest creation, Daley listened to “Golden” by Harry Styles to really complete the mood. “Knitting away before the Met Gala,” Daley said on Instagram video. “What else would you do?” The knitting pattern for the Harry Styles-inspired JW Anderson cardigan is available for free thanks to the brand who generously shared it with the public in summer 2020. After Daley...
I Test Drove The Frankie Shop’s New Arrivals, and What the Hell They’re Awesome
Welcome to The Great Try-On. With fall on the horizon, we seized the opportunity to try on some of the best fall pieces from some of your favourite brands, documenting the process along the way. We believe that the most foolproof way to shop online is to see an item IRL and to read candid reviews, so we hope that this leads you to some successful autumn purchases. I felt like I won the jackpot when our senior editor Allyson Payer told me I was the lucky editor who would get to test drive The Frankie Shop’s new arrivals. It’s a fashion person’s brand (industry insiders are very loyal followers), but their minimal-cool aesthetic is approachable to a wider spectrum of people too. I also love how the brand feels perfectly current, but is steers away f...
18 Sustainability-Championing Brands Every Shopper Should Know About
In the wake of the pandemic, after hoards of fast-fashion stores cancelled their factory orders, Lost Stock swooped in to save the day. Buying the pieces and saving countless livelihoods of garment workers in the process. Consumers we given the chance to buy this stock in surprise bundles. Now, having reemerged as Unfolded, the brand offers seasonal capsules where customers can curate their own fashion bundles from a selection of pieces. After orders are placed, exact numbers of the garment will be made, cutting out any waste whatsoever. Along with schooling and other initiates which positive affect garment techs and their families, an Unfolded purchase is a do-good purchase. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined wh...
These Trending Jewellery Pieces Are Going to Be Big News in 2022
Jewellery trends, like clothing, handbag or footwear ones, are divided into two camps right now. On one side, the classics; on the other, a wild riotous party of fun. The wonder of it all is that you can follow a singular path but there’s also scope for the two opposing looks to be really fantastic when clashes together. A navy crew-neck jumper worn with a string of playful beads; a simple bracelet stack against a super-voluminous sleeve; a dramatically cut-out dress juxtaposed against a timeless chain necklace—these combinations spark joy. So it makes sense that autumn’s most important jewellery trends are split into two distinctly different vibes to follow suit: “forever” pieces like classic bangles or tennis necklaces, versus ou...
Jenna Coleman Just Wore the Autumn Jacket Trend That’s All Over the High Street
We don’t get to see a lot of Jenna Coleman out and about, and more’s the pity as we’ve been long-time fans of her style. The actress is often spotted wearing more understated looks but that doesn’t mean we haven’t noticed her stylish outfits. Last night, she once again proved that less is more wearing a head-to-toe Chanel look that’s the perfect autumnal outfit for when you don’t want to wear a fancy dress but still want to look chic. While attending this year’s Royal Academy of Arts summer exhibition party, Coleman opted for a pair of chevron trousers, a Chanel belt and a classic Chanel bouclé jacket. Although we loved the whole ensemble, it’s the jacket that really caught our eye and reminded us just why the fashion house’s...
Tom Daley Knitted a Harry Styles-Inspired Cardigan to Prepare For His First Met Gala
How does Tom Daley prepare for his first Met Gala? Knitting, of course. Daley had a cheeky little preknit before attending New York’s most decorated fashion ball. The Olympic diver shared his moments before the Met Gala via Instagram video, while in the midst of knitting a cardigan inspired by Harry Styles’s JW Anderson crochet cardigan. Sitting on his windowsill, and focusing on his newest creation, Daley listened to “Golden” by Harry Styles to really complete the mood. “Knitting away before the Met Gala,” Daley said on Instagram video. “What else would you do?” The knitting pattern for the Harry Styles-inspired JW Anderson cardigan is available for free thanks to the brand who generously shared it with the public in summer 2020. After Daley...
