Five striking trends from the first few days of the Paris autumn-winter womenswear collections which run until March 9: Decadent dandies The front row guests at Dries Van Noten's sumptuous show were ready to give their (redone) front teeth for anything from what Vogue called this "spine-chillingly elegant" collection of leopard-spot suits, gold lame coats and poison-green furs. The stand-out show so far drew on 1930s aristocratic dandies and the Marchesa Luisa Casati in particular, w

When a brand begins to make efforts towards expansion, one of the first things they always look at is what they can do to improve their designs. Paule Ka is one of these brands that has been working on improving their design offerings in hopes of growing their business. In the next five years, the company is hoping to double their business. Alithia Spuri-Zampetti, the French contemporary brand's new creative director, will be showing her first full collection in a presentation format at the

Liu Wen has landed the March 2016 campaign from Spanish fashion brand Mango which focuses on the 90s minimal trend. The new season mixes relaxed knitwear with lace adorned dresses and tops.The images were photographed in London at a studio with colorful backdrops. Mango has started a new campaign strategy, releasing a new campaign each month like the Kendall Jenner one released in February. The top Asian model says about the new Mango campaign, “The collaboration with MANGO was amazing. I rea

Fat ladies tend to be thin on the ground on the Paris catwalk. But rising Dutch designer Liselore Frowijn made her ready-to-wear debut Tuesday with a colourful collection to light up autumn-winter inspired by the feminist artist Niki de Saint Phalle's proudly voluptuous "Nanas". Her show with its eye-catching zebra-striped trouser suits was full of the bold and joyous colours of the sculptor's liberated ladies. Frowijn said Saint Phalle "just wanted to make people happy and herself happy (too

The hashtag #MadeinItaly says it all. Milan designers presented collections that are the last word in craftsmanship. Exquisite tailoring, extravagant embroideries and lashings of fur show that Milan's designers embrace true design offering everything from historical romanticism to youthful vibrancy. Here are the top trends of Milan Fashion Week: Romantic Renaissance Designers reference historical details and silhouettes in a romantic approach to the season. Renaissance-inspired dresses, co

London Fashion Week has always been seen on the global fashion stage as a hotbed for fresh new talent, and the autumn/winter 2016 schedule was packed full of emerging designers looking to following in the footsteps of J.W. Anderson, Christopher Kane and Sophia Webster and become a global name. FashionUnited has picked out four talents that impressed during London Fashion Week: Clio Peppiatt Ravensbourne University graduate Clio Peppiatt has become one of the hot tickets of London Fashion W

Ella Kandyba returns for the spring-summer 2016 campaign from clothing brand Sanctuary. While the fall collection focused on 1970s glam, spring sees bohemian vibes for these images captured by David Roemer (Atelier Management). Styled by Katie Mossman, the brunette can be seen wearing all those free-spirited essentials like printed jumpsuits, lace dresses and off-the-shoulder tops. / Hair by Dennis Gots, Makeup by John McKay Source: Fashion Gone Rogue.

As Fashion Month continues across the key fashion landmarks of New York, London, Milan and Paris, the Trendstop trend experts are hard at work analysing each and every catwalk look to identify new developments emerging in womenswear. Every aspect of fashion design is taken into consideration, from collection, colour, print and material to apparel and accessories. This week, we present FashionUnited readers with a selection of directional women's footwear trends coming through on the Fall/Winter

Giorgio Armani showed his velvet touch on Monday as he brought down the curtain on a Milan fashion week heralded as marking a revival of the suit-based womenswear he pioneered in the 1980s. Velvet has always been one of the Milanese maestro's favourite materials and it is ubiquitous in his autumn-winter collection: black as the darkest night and, as he put it in his collection notes, dense, tactile and mysterious. Having treated his fans to an unusually extravagant range of colours in his sp

While the Fall 16 mainline catwalk presentations are well underway, consumers can see brands deliver the first of their Pre-Fall 16 collection drops by mid spring. Here is an overview of what we can expect from the accessories market. Pre-Fall 16 sees an influx of miniaturised shapes and feminine details on bags. Waist interest cannot be ignored and 1970s influences remain strong, with neckwear particularly gaining momentum. Metal-centric jewellery is prevalent for bracelets and necklaces