For Fall, COMMES des GARÇONS Beautifully Demonstrates How Tailoring Has No Limits

Conventionally, we are used to pants only having two legs + jackets only having two arms, but when there’s any change involved that affects either, it usually includes a change in width, draping, length, stitching + fit.  Yet, in Rei Kawakubo’s hands, she redefined + challenged convention, resulting in pushing the limits of tailoring, where […]

Motocross & Brocade Inspires Jean-Paul Lespagnard For Fall

Interesting cuts + brocade translated Belgian designer Jean-Paul Lespagnard‘s inspiration of a woman obsessed with motocross who gets dressed to join her lover as he returns from fishing, for the RTW Fall 2013 collection.  Now one might question how this inspiration could be made into a collection but in Lespagnard’s case, it came easy.  The […]

Spring Sizzles With Limi Feu

Japanese designer Limi Fue‘s Spring 2013 collection is devoid of predictable pastels + metallics, but full of interesting shapes.  Born Limi Yamamoto, it’s no wonder she’s Yohji Yamamoto’s daughter as she too favors black and asymmetrical cuts. With a mostly black color palette, the designer manages to give us a more sartorial look for Spring, including suspenders, […]