I am feeling a bit cheated by the Spring/Summer 2012 prêt-à-porter collections, or rather by some of the top designers, who have shown so little consideration for everyday clothes – that is, unless your life revolves around fancy yachts and cocktail part… more »

The fashion week season kicked off in New York last Thursday. It’s been seven frantic days for editors, buyers, photographers, models and fashionistas who have to rush from one show to the next – it may all sound very glamorous but it’s also hard work!… more »

I’ve always been a fan of American fashion: from plain Gap T-shirts and jeans, to pretty much anything by Banana Republic (whose European flagship store opened in London's Regent Street in March 2008) and Anne Klein, not to mention the big designer names such as Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren, Donna Karan, Oscar de la Renta and Carolina Herrera. So for the past eight days I have been avidly following the coverage of the New York Fashion Week. more »