Barry Taylor

The last you guys heard, I was in London for Fashion Week, well oh how things have changed... PARIS SHOWROOM Following London, I was at home for a week, before flying to Paris on the 28th of February for the ROKSANDA AW17 Sales week. I arrived in on the Tuesday night, just in time to finish out Pancake Tuesday with Katie and I had the next day to chill before starting the week in the showroom from the 2nd-10th of March. It was a great (albeit hectic) week, doing anything from teas and coffees, to dressing the models, merchandising and greeting clients. Half way through the week in the showroom (6th of March to be precise), I had a follow up chat with Carmela the CEO, re: the interview I had in the ROKSANDA Head Office, back in February when I was in London *drum Roll please* and I got offered the job as Office Manager at ROKSANDA in London. To say that I was elated, would be an understatement, it didn't feel real, the thought of a permanent paid position in a high...

Finally got around to flicking through all the collections from New York and London for next season, Spring Summer 17. Here's my top designers from New York & London, along with my favourite looks from each collection. (I should probably say, my Fashion Week Favourites, as always, consist of a wide range of styles, colours and aesthetics, I've always felt very open and broad minded towards design and my taste isn't really restricted to a certain style.) | NEW YORK | Marchesa Notte textile manipulation | 3D flowers | exquisite | dreamlike       Alice + Olivia clean cut | modern | simplistic | black & white | elegance   Jeremy Scott classic Jeremy Scott | graphic print | block colours | high end kitsch | perfection       Parsons MFA sheer | pastel | layering | gradient       Thom Browne housewives | pastels | colour blocking | graphic     | LONDON | Gareth Pugh embellishment | dark ...