Huishan Zhang wins Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize

Huishan Zhang is the winner of the 2013 Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize,  an endowment of £25,000 along with an engraved Baccarat crystal trophy and a stay at a Dorchester Collection property, and in a new element launched this year,  one-to-one mentoring from a selection of the judges. Chinese-born, London-based designer and Central Saint Martins’ graduate […]

Simons’ Dior Debut‎

Great to see Belgian maestro Raf Simons‘ inspiration for this whole haute couture collection are the vintage collections of Christian Dior. It’s Raf’s first couture collection and he’s said he finds that period between 1947 (Christian Dior’s ‘New Look’) and 1957 extremely attractive but with modernity – so here we have Grace Kelly with bare shoulders, shiny pointy, low heeled pumps and […]