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Colin McDowell: October 2009
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Saturday, 31 October 2009. Oh,' he explained, 'They have a silk lining on the inside front, so can't be washed.' Well done, Lanvin, for making life easier for a working boy. Meetings, lunch and then the perfect way to end the week, in Claridges, having tea and champagne with Dolly Jones, editor of Vogue.com, meant that I was too tired to go to the sea last night so I am off this morning. Wednesday, 28 October 2009. Tuesday, 27 October 2009. Hats Off to Stephen Jones. Monday, 26 October 2009. The same pho...
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Colin McDowell: Rio Fashion Week
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Friday, 14 January 2011. Whichever appeals – and both did to me – this was a strong kick-off to the Brazilian show season that continues after Rio (ending tomorrow) in Sao Paulo in 10 days' time. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Colin McDowell is one of the world's leading fashion commentators — and one of the most outspoken. He is best known for his work in the Sunday Times Style and for his creation with IMG of Fashion Fringe, a platform for young London design talent. View my complete profile.
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Colin McDowell: La Cambre Mode[s]: Fashion Visionaries
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Thursday, 1 July 2010. La Cambre Mode[s]: Fashion Visionaries. We hear a lot of comment about the stranglehold the big fashion conglomerates have on the fashion business across the globe, so it is encouraging that there are little pockets of resistance to their homogenising effects – and often in unexpected places. Take La Cambre Mode[s], which will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year. Never heard of it? I am sure that in some design team somewhere not too far away from you will be at least one prod...
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Colin McDowell: September 2009
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Wednesday, 30 September 2009. Mais Non, Monsieur Sarkosy. The fash-pack is returning to London after Milan fashion week. An intriguing example of either divine madness or Sophoclean clarity of thought brought on by the Bermuda effect is the suggestion made this week that Italian fashion is currently becoming just too vulgarly sexy because of the bedroom antics of that country's political leader. Do the clothes on the runways of NewYork personify the new Obamaism? And does it matter at all to anyone?
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Colin McDowell: November 2009
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Monday, 23 November 2009. Kate's Pearls of Wisdom. My newspaper devoted an entire page to the shocking news that Kate Moss finds vanity more gratifying than eating. Quelle surprise! Who would have thought it of a model brainwashed for years by the mantra, "If you don't keep thin, you don't get work"? Simple as that. Did anyone actually expect her to advocate steak and kidney pudding followed by tiramisu as a way for young women to have fun? I don't think so. Thursday, 19 November 2009. I spent yesterday ...
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Colin McDowell: Paris: 7 Brilliant Brits at the Hotel Bristol
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Tuesday, 29 June 2010. Paris: 7 Brilliant Brits at the Hotel Bristol. I thought of this on Saturday at the Bristol at the launch of 7 Brilliant Brits. A DVD showing the work of British menswear designers Richard James, Domingo Rodriguez, E Tautz, Oliver Spencer, Gieves and Hawkes, Baartman and Siegal and Hart Savile Row. Self-indulgence is in the blood with fashion people. Labels: 7 Brilliant Brits. 29 June 2010 at 13:38. 7 July 2010 at 09:21. 12 August 2010 at 04:24. Self-indulgence is in the blood with...
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Colin McDowell: Margiela, Couture and the High Street
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Monday, 14 June 2010. Margiela, Couture and the High Street. Is fashion going to end up as bland as the perfectly shaped supermarket apple, with all idiosyncrasies and individuality ruthlessly excluded by the style police? 15 June 2010 at 12:21. With greatest respect, yes is the unfortunate answer, but Im afraid that you knew it already. I grew up reading your books and Im still growing while reading your blog. 16 June 2010 at 04:06. I guess, as dust said above, it is true :(. View my complete profile.
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Colin McDowell: July 2010
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Thursday, 1 July 2010. La Cambre Mode[s]: Fashion Visionaries. We hear a lot of comment about the stranglehold the big fashion conglomerates have on the fashion business across the globe, so it is encouraging that there are little pockets of resistance to their homogenising effects – and often in unexpected places. Take La Cambre Mode[s], which will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year. Never heard of it? I am sure that in some design team somewhere not too far away from you will be at least one prod...
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Colin McDowell: February 2010
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Sunday, 28 February 2010. Computer troubles have made me fall behind on London and now Milan is almost over…. I will say a little more about LFW now that I have read what other journalists have said but, before I do, I expect that you, like me, have been following the Italian shows. And I wonder if your views are the same as mine? Wednesday, 24 February 2010. London Fashion Week: Erdem, Marios Schwab, Christopher Kane. Well, there was the little matter of the shows and their quality. For example, we saw ...
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Colin McDowell: January 2011
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Friday, 14 January 2011. Whichever appeals – and both did to me – this was a strong kick-off to the Brazilian show season that continues after Rio (ending tomorrow) in Sao Paulo in 10 days' time. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Colin McDowell is one of the world's leading fashion commentators — and one of the most outspoken. He is best known for his work in the Sunday Times Style and for his creation with IMG of Fashion Fringe, a platform for young London design talent. View my complete profile.