After a friendly nudge from our American friends over the years, October has now become all about one thing. Halloween, All Hallows Eve, call it what you will but whichever way you look at it October 31st is no longer merely another day in the calendar. But if full on fancy dress isn’t quite your...Read More
Some trends that come along feel like a little too much effort. Take Ladylike Goth for example, great look once you get there but getting just the right amount of black lace, the exact height of chunky boot and just a touch of aloof swagger can feel like a big effort when the nights are getting...Read More
Can you imagine a world where if you just imagined changing the colour of your top, it would instantly transform? We may be a long way off that, but the fact is that fashion is embracing technology at an increasingly fast pace changing the face of the industry as we know it. Just when you thought Cher’s computerised...Read More
I love this time of year. Now I realise this statement tends to put me in a minority as the vast majority mourn the lack of sunshine, the drop in temperature and the freedom of sundress and flip flops. Yes, I could do without the constant rain and the long dark nights but as a pale skinned...Read More
Recently my work has led me to travel widely, meeting many groups and individuals in a corporate context. As I travel I have been considering an important part of the Semple Dress Collection project, ‘the uniform’. We would all probably like to think that we left uniform behind in school; the uncomfortable wool fabrics, the...Read More
Just figuring out an outfit to dress in each morning can be challenge enough sometimes but throw in the addition of an ever expanding baby bump and it can get even trickier. Suddenly your favourite go-to items don’t fit anymore, your body shape is changing and your hormones are making your emotions run riot. Basically...Read More
I’ve always had a conflicting relationship with London Fashion Week, never keeping up with high-fashion trends and the dramas that followed; I always thought it was for the elite. But taking a moment to reflect on this year’s show I have a new found respect for the event and the industry. I still believe that...Read More
After being awarded the Breakthrough Designer award by GQ only weeks before, all eyes were on Christopher Raeburn on the final day of London Fashion Week SS16. Transported back to the Asian Island Borneo, Raeburn flew the audience from the depths of the rainforest – (as the scene was set for his menswear collection earlier in...Read More
The KTZ SS16 show was held in the industrial urban setting of Invicta Plaza, an ideal setting for the contemporary, urban street-wear brand. The scene was set upon entry into the showspace, with red cages fencing the catwalk of the underground concrete expanse. ‘TWTC: The World to Come’ flashed in LED at the end of one of...Read More
Fashion moves fast and just as we are settling into our new autumn looks the spring summer collections for 2016 are hitting the catwalks. Semple is here to guide you through the shows so read our lowdown on the labels you will be coveting: Versus As the little sister of fashion powerhouse Versace, Versus manages...Read More
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