Last night, the 2009 Fashion Fringe competition launched in London with a star studded party. It was hosted by Vanity Fair, Donatella Versace and Colin McDowell who began the search for the next big name in fashion. Donatella resumed her position as honorary chairperson and revealed support for 2009 from a range of guests including Natalie Massenet of net-a-porter, Antoni Burakowski, of Antoni Read more

Last night saw the airing of the first episode of British Style Genius which is a documentary looking at the best elements of British fashion. Here is a quick recap of the episode although if you missed it I strongly recommend catching up on Iplayer. The series began with a look at Kate Moss for Topshop and it's impact on the High Street. They showed an amusing board meeting where Kate and Sir Read more

The Fashion Fringe competition has become a major part of British fashion. Discovering brands such as Basso & Brooke, Aminaka Wilmont and Erdem, it is now in it's fifth year headed up by Colin McDowell with guest judge Donatella Versace. Today in Covent Garden they held the final part of the competition in the midst of London Fashion Week. The four finalists were Go By a Secret Path, LF Read more

The current financial climate is unsteady to say the least. Words and phrases such as 'recession' and 'credit crunch' are thrown around as readily as 'boho' might have been three years ago. Baring this in mind, right now seems like an odd time to launch a new high fashion magazine. However, plans were revealed this week for the launch of 'Distill', a high fashion bi-monthly title which will Read more

It has just been announced that fashion writer Colin McDowell MBE is the new Creative Editor at Large of online e-tailer Net-a-Porter. The announcement comes as the site continues to grow with recent additions such as the online magazine. McDowell will work alongside Net-A-Porter’s Editor, Claudia Plant as the company introduces video content. Natalie Massenet, Chairman and Founder of Read more