6 days ago · 14 January, 2025 The Toscani effect. Farewell Oliviero Toscani, a brilliant photographer and art director who changed the world through his audacious activism dressed as fashion advertising.. I became aware of him in the 1980s via his vibrant fashion shoots for Benetton using groups of racially diverse, often street cast models in simple studio settings, styled in layers upon layers by (my old ...

Welcome to Disneyrollergirl, the fashion blog by London-based fashion editor, Navaz Batliwalla. Disneyrollergirl is the go-to resource for fashion and beauty industry insights, emerging trends and editorial shoots from an industry insider’s point of view.

17 November, 2023 Follow a stylist. Influencers, schminfluencers!If you want styling ideas, better to follow the stylists. Compared to photographers, the best in the biz are still fairly elusive on Instagram (where are you, Joe McKenna?!) but once you locate them, they’re worth checking in with.They tend to repeat their tricks across the brands and publications they work for, so it’s easy ...

16 April, 2024 Gentlewoman style: Dior pre-fall 2024. My favourite look from yesterday’s Dior pre-fall 24 show at the Brooklyn Museum is this leather all in one number (above).. Maria GC gets a ton of stick for her collections (please – enough with the logos and book bags!), but this was one of the stronger ones.

12 September, 2023 Trend report: what to wear for AW23. AW23 is emphatically female-focussed, kicking off with supermodel mania – that Vogue cover, the Apple series and a Linda Evangelista book – and continuing with a slew of women-championing exhibitions. We’ve also got the big Phoebe Philo reveal to come, as well as a focus on revivalist classic fashion (aka gentlewoman style).

Jan 4, 2008 · It’s true, I always feel a little pained upon opening each season’s “fashion reports” free with the glossies. This is partly because the name of trends seem to become more and more obsurd and partly because of my great, great hatred for trends such as “Nautical” and “Safari” which have become to ultimate fashion cliches, and sadly, seem to be trends relied upon by the ...

24 January, 2025 The aspirational familiarity of Lemaire and Auralee AW25. While the major fashion brands have seemingly gone nuts with their pricing, it makes sense that a certain demographic has shifted attention to Lemaire and Auralee.Both just showed at the menswear shows – precise (and practical) layering, easy-but-interesting silhouettes, harmonious colour palettes and distinctive ...

Nov 3, 2023 · Cash is cool 💰More from my AW24 trend report…Let’s hear it for old fashioned values returning to cafes and eateries. New north London foodie bookshop-slash-lunch-spot, The Yellow Bittern is cash-only, reservations by phone (or postcard!) and – gasp – there’s no Instagram account.

9 January, 2025 The culture of fashion: Alaïa for foodies and bibliophiles. Just after New Year I treated myself to a banana bread and coffee date at the new Violet Cakes cafe in the New Bond Street Alaïa store. Food and fashion have been forging an alliance for some time and I was reminded that Azzedine Alaïa was a natural instigator of this idea as far back as the 1980s.

24 January, 2025 The aspirational familiarity of Lemaire and Auralee AW25. While the major fashion brands have seemingly gone nuts with their pricing, it makes sense that a certain demographic has shifted attention to Lemaire and Auralee.Both just showed at the menswear shows – precise (and practical) layering, easy-but-interesting silhouettes, harmonious colour palettes and distinctive ...