October 2023 – Premiere Classe, Paris – collections for Spring/Summer 2024
It was great to see Lola here from New York, as her brand has such a large following at Premiere Classe. After nearly three years of pandemic the shows In Paris are thankfully now returning to ‘business as normal’……………
September 2023 – Who’s Next Paris – showing collections for Spring/Summer 2024
Following three dreadful years Who’s Next returned this season as one of Europe’s major shows. Confident, large-scale and exciting. New sectors had been added, talks and seminars organised, and for the two days I attended a busy and productive atmosphere prevailed……………
March 2023 – Premiere Classe, Paris – showing collections for Autumn/Winter 2023
Covering this show in March 2023 I realised that this was a ‘watershed moment’ for exhibitors, some had stepped out, a few returned for the first time since Covid, and new labels had appeared……………..
January 2023 – Who’s Next Paris – showing collections for Autumn/Winter 2023
I managed a fleeting visit to Paris to visit Who’s Next. The show certainly benefitted from the cold Parisian weather, as we scurried from the Metro in the bitterly cold winds………
September 2022 – Who’s Next, Paris – showing collections for Spring/Summer 2023
This was my first visit to Who’s Next in nearly 3 years, and the first since Covid. In that time the whole international industry had been shaken to its core with………..
March 2022 – Première Classe, Paris – showing collections for A/W 2022
Although overall buyer numbers were low, it was great to see some major European headwear retailers at the show……
March 2022 – Tranoï Paris – showing collections for Autumn/Winter 2022
Paris… March 2022 – A Visit to Tranoï a smaller trade shown revered by the Japanese…..
February 2022 – Scoop & Pure London – showing collections for Autumn/Winter 2022
For the second season Scoop, the contemporary womenswear show, and Pure London, known for its womenswear, menswear, accessories and young fashion, showed together at Truman’s Brewery in the heart of fashionable Shoreditch…………..
October 2021 – Première Classe, Paris – showing collections for Spring/Summer 2022
It was such an exciting morning to make my way to Première Classe after such a long absence…………….
September 2021 – London Fashion Week – presents Stephen Jones S/S 2022 Collection
A Collection Entitled “Bonnes Vacances”
Paris Spring/Summer Show Who’s Next for 2022
Sept 3rd-6th at Porte de Versailles – Who’s Next was definitely scaled down this season, occupying only Halls 5 and 6, two of the smaller halls, nevertheless……….
London Fashion Week – February 19th – 23rd 2021
London Fashion Week opened this season with an entirely online schedule amid Covid-19 restrictions.
September 2020 – Launch of “Fashion Together” for the British Shows – showing collections for Spring/Summer 2021
This season became one of those rare moments in time, as just weeks before the doors were about to open on three of the UK’s largest ready-to-wear exhibitions, Pure, Scoop and Moda UK, the ban on large gatherings due to the coronavirus had not been lifted. And so ‘at a stroke’ ………….
Who’s Next, Sept 2019 at Porte de Versailles
September 2019 – A visit to Who’s Next in Paris to find new trends, and elegant classics for spring/summer 2020
London Fashion Week – Sept 2018 for spring/summer 2019
The London Designer Exhibition/Designer Showrooms, The Store, 180 The Strand, London. September 7th – 11th 2018. To see so many photographers on the street at the major venues for London Fashion Week was certainly reassuring. Because fashion is a fickle thing, it is creative, alive, exciting and yet very fragile, and ’the following’ can come…
Who’s Next /Première Classe, Sept 2018 at Porte de Versailles
Who’s Next /Première Classe Porte de Versailles Paris Sept 7th – 10th 2018 The fashion exhibitions Who’s Next & Première Classe, which run together twice a year at the Porte de Versailles are in fact two separate and distinct shows, both owned and organised by the same company. Who’s Next being mainly ladies, casual girls/guys…