We don't know about you but we think denim and rock and roll paraphernalia are always welcome on the catwalk. Ashish, yesterday morning, showed a collection that gave us denim short shorts (basically, ahem, knickers), leather vests, and buttons adorning everything from caps to jumpsuits. It was tough and sexy, that brand of dressing that has become popular by way of Agnes Deyn and Alice Dellal. Although we prefer our fashion a little more polished, we think there's always room for a bit of tough love.
Bora Aksu took all of the serious things we've come to expect from a Fall collection and poised them in the Spring Summer. The fussy sleeves, the high necks, the capes, and even the moody music, however, were not without a bit of lightness to make them appropriate for warm weather. Everyone in London might be showing bright colors and excitable outfits but there are a few who will provide us with something for the days when we just haven’t the energy to be so bright. In fact, these are gothic outliers that constitute what we call, the 