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

Gucci's reinvention of womenswear's hottest megabrand continued Wednesday as designer Alessandro Michele tweaked his hugely successful androgynous, anti-fashion recipe with dashes of street art and grunge. For his third womenswear collection for the venerable Florentine house, Michele worked with the Brooklyn artist called GucciGhost, best known for his graffiti involving versions of the brand's famous logo. Two examples are used in prints splashed across many of the clothes Michele unveiled

Where New York fashion week focused on commercial, urban and street style elements of fashion, London brought a sense of direction and distinct flavour. Taking a cue from the men's catwalk shows in January, there was a 70s, 80s and utilitarian influence, but where the creativity truly shone, was in ITS tailoring, which could almost have been mistaken for couture. Alexander McQueen Sarah Burton may have been in the final stages of pregnancy, but she presented one of her most exquisite coll

When it comes to fitness today, everyone it seems, is intent on getting a perfectly pert butt. (We've all be down the #Khlofit rabbit hole on Instagram, haven't we?) Now, fashion designers are taking the rear-end obsession to stylish new heights with a denim trend that, yes, is all about the derriere. Alexa Chung at London Fashion Week Style star, Pernille Teisbaek in Vetements jeans The newest spring denim trend features embellishments on the seat, which bring attention to you