The Fashion Edit Journal

When I heard that the Anrealage AW24 collection was based on Doraemon I was ecstatic. The presentation took place under a bridge along the Seine at Pont Alexandre III. I had no idea this space even existed and it felt like Paris opened a magic portal just for the show.

This collection was the first one that I could really see myself in. Previous collections were beautiful but not applicable in my everyday life. This collection however, I can imagine wearing out on my good days...the ones when I'm not in sweats.

This season he was inspired by "Orlando". When I think of "Orlando", I think of Tilda Swinton's movie version in which the main character lives through time and space and in different genders. It is a beautiful story of changing circumstances and perceptions through time and relativity.

Victoria/Tomas always walked the line between femininity and sensuality versus attitude and sharper masculine themes. It's the round versus the angle, the soft versus the rigid. Their success comes from their ability to make these contrasting ideas work together. It's a balancing act.

Every time I walk up closer to a show I usually don't need my Google Maps anymore. I could see the fashion bus pulling up and the crowd with the paparazzi outside. As I approached I saw an African American woman in a frou frou pink dress just having the time of her life. Her energy was infectious. All the photographers were taking pictures of her and she just said, "I don't even know what I'm doing! I'm just having a great f-ing time!" And all I could think was, " Same girl, same."

Designer Ivan Frolov remembers his childhood from Crimea in the AW24 season. This collection was an ode to his eclectic and personal childhood memories. He spent every summer on the peninsula until Crimea was annexed in 2014. His memory is included the pleasant scent of the salty water, pine needles and dust. It all smelled of mysticism and romance to him. In this somewhat fantastical collection, you can see the influences of childhood imagination and the realities of bringing these to market.

The signature look of Di Petsa has always been the wet look. Textiles are manipulated in such a way to look as if one has just emerged from the water. Starting with look number one, a goddess emerges in a white long gown. She has seemingly emerged from the raging sea. The fabric is manipulated in such a way that it clings to the body in the natural formation that wetness would have created.

The attendees were dressed to entertain. I watched all of these little groups in their little stories. Fashion people that enthusiastically greeted each other as if they hadn't seen one another in years, other fashion people comparing notes on who they're wearing and a very curious gentleman dressed in what looked like pajamas and a briefcase and some bubble wrap around his neck. The social media starlets posed for their pictures, others fussed about demanding to be seated...

By the time this show rolled around, I was already a little over London Fashion Week. Not because of the shows, because of the weather. I was not used to having to be constantly outside, in the cold and rain in January. Much to my relief, the Paolo Carzana show took place at the official BFC show space. It was such a welcome sight for me and felt like the "welcome back" that I was waiting for all week.

"Did you like the show?", asked the girl on the train as we had both just left the show. "No" , I said. And at that time I meant it ...

"Amphitrite" takes us to a subterranean aquatic underworld in which we discover new alien species. The backdrop is an abandoned power plant in the ocean and over the years the sea combined with electromagnetic energy has been harnessing and creating new hybrid alien life forms.