UMAID BHAWAN PALACE, JODPHUR
There was a dawn chorus at the Umaid Bhawan Palace in Jodphur, but the birds were only bit players. The main performance was from sitar and drums, played by musicians who sat on steps beneath the wide terrace...
Gun play by PPQ
James Bond never goes anywhere without his Walther PPK pistol but for secret agent femme fatales, PPQ makes a better trio of alphabet crackers, and the latest collection from Amy Molyneaux and Percy Parker is...
Prada to a T
The Devil wears T-shirts?When it comes to Prada neither snow, rain, traffic, Bolsheviks or 12cm heels will prevent The Fashionable Truth’s Jasmine Vispi from reaching the FROW. Here she reports on Miuccia...
Giorgio Armani’s screen test
Is Giorgio Armani the silver screen's reigning king of Haute couture? He might be, on the strength of the gowns he sent tinsel town for this year’s Academy Awards. All four dresses had enough drama and...
Is Pam Hogg living in honeyland?
Pam Hogg lives by her own rules. Pam Hogg is on my like list because she adores Siouxsie and the Banshees (as do I, having wasted part of my youth with their road manager) and has recorded one of my...
Scalpel magazine says that Glenn Martens will shape the future of fashion
There must be something in the waffles – or the beer/fries/tax laws – but it seems that Belgium has more than its fair share of creative brilliance. I mean damn, the entire design team at Dior is now...
Tod’s power dressing
Italian brand Tod’s may be many things – comfortable, chic, elegant – but they have rarely been known for cutting-edge fashion. That may change now that Alessandra Facchinetti has become the...
Dress designer Ruben Singer plays fashion fortissimo for Beyonce
Russian designer Rubin Singer scored a huge touchdown at the Super Bowl on February 5, and he wasn’t even on the field. His triumph came courtesy of Beyoncé Knowles, who wore an outfit designed by the...
Marchesa goes Goya with her Fall Winter 2013 Collection
Marchesa Luisa Casati was the first female dandy and her spirit lives on in Chapman. Marchesa is a brand named for an eccentric Italian heiress, Luisa Casati, or to give her a more noble name Luisa,...
LaQuan Smith takes fashion back to its heart and sexy soul
LaQuan Smith wins big name fans There were notable highlights on the second and third days of New York’s Fall Winter 2013 fashion week (LaQuan Smith, Diane Von Furstenburg and Carolina Herrera) but...