Burton, Beckham, Kane, And More Take The BFAs
Tonight in London, the British Fashion Council hosted its annual British Fashion Awards, with Kate Moss, Samantha Cameron, Colin Firth, and Marc Jacobs all on hand. Check back tomorrow for our complete coverage of the party scene. In the meantime, this year’s winners are below. A new category, the New Establishment, was created this year [...]
4,000 Reasons to Stay in Today
Presenting the Spring 2012 Accessories Index. For our seasonal compendium of all things bag, shoe, and jewel, senior market editor Marina Larroudé scoured the market for the best of the best—and came away with more than 4,000 of Spring’s finest. This season’s guide is bigger than ever, with new brands including Charlotte Olympia (above), Giuseppe [...]
Under The Sea
There’s something in the water this season. The sea (and its denizens) proved a major inspiration to designers in Europe and gave rise to some seriously covetable accessories. On the runways at Chanel, Versace, Givenchy, Louis Vuitton, and Alexander McQueen, sea creatures had their day, from shark tooth pendant necklaces and seahorse wedges to starfish [...]
Charlotte Olympia’s Miami Vice
“Even if you have the most sober outfit, an amazing pair of shoes and accessories will really perk things up,” Charlotte Dellal tells Style.com at the British Institute of Architects, where she presented her Spring ‘12 Charlotte Olympia collection. The Miami Art Deco setting provided a perfect background for the collection as models traipsed around [...]
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Charlotte Olympia’s Fall 2011 Film Noir
For the film presenting her Fall 2011 collection, Charlotte Dellal of Charlotte Olympia turned to one of her great obsessions for inspiration: Agatha Christie.“I am a serious Agatha Christie fan, and I used certain novels and characters as a starting point,” she says of To Die For, her noirish, three-minute short, written and directed [...]
Yea, Nay, Or Eh? Primary Colors At The BIFAs
Amid the usual sea of award-show black, two actresses stood out at the British Independent Film Awards last night: Carey Mulligan (left, in Prabal Gurung, with a Roger Vivier clutch) and Rosamund Pike (right, in Vionnet and Charlotte Olympia heels). The jolt of primary colors livened up what might otherwise have been a duller fête, [...]
Charlotte Dellal Would Rather Be Backstage
To anyone familiar with Charlotte Dellal’s body of work, it should come as no surprise that the Brit-girl shoe designer didn’t pack a single pair of flats for her two-day trip to New York this week. “These are my traveling shoes,” said Dellal with a mischievous smile, showing off a pair of her own steeply [...]
If The Shoe Fits…
The Savile Club is one of London’s most elegant venues, where Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, H.G. Wells, and W.B. Yeats used to gather to drink and dine. Last night’s crowd was, if not quite as illustrious, perhaps a tad more sartorially distinguished. Charlotte Dellal (pictured) assembled family and friends for a celebration of her [...]
Cat Power
Way back last October, a curious trend emerged from the Spring 2010 shows. Call it a case of cat-scratch fever—designers and hip girls were all feeling cats. Paris was just about meowing, with Miuccia Prada’s kitty-print collection for Miu Miu, which found (alongside daisies and reclining nudes) cartoon felines printed on collars, dresses, tops, and [...]
Charlotte Olympia Weaves Her Web
Christian Louboutin has his red soles; Charlotte’s got her webs. Cobbler Charlotte Dellal of Charlotte Olympia has woven her signature spiderweb branding all over her new shop in London’s Mayfair: on the soles of her shoes, in the window display, and in the golden web hanging precariously over the entrance outside.Inside, the cobwebby space is [...]






