February 10, 2017
Playtime New York: 180 collections under one roof
Playtime New York opens it's doors at 9am this Sunday 12 February at the Metropolitan Pavilion and Altman Building. With over a 180 collections, a seminar on social media storytelling and a celebration by three artists of the themes 'Shaman', 'Party time' and 'Daily' it's bound…
February 9, 2017
Mixing technology & fashion: Anchovy blends the two
Blurring the boundaries of technology and fashion, Lithuanian label Anchovy create the patterns for their clothing though the Anchovy app . The app developed by Karolis Kosas and Giedre Kose takes words and translates them into colour gradients simply by typing. if you go to…
February 7, 2017
Dot to Dot London AW17
Dot to Dot London is a friendly environment for small independents to exhibit and buyers and press to visit. This edition visitors are reported to be up by 35% with a large increase in international buyers from Germany, Sweden, Korea, and Saudi Arabia to name a few.
February 6, 2017
Pirouette One to Watch Winners: Playtime Paris
Playtime Paris had over 500 labels exhibiting this time round so finding the Pirouette One to Watch winners took a bit of footwork, but boy was it worth it. It's important to say how impressed we were with the brands in the 'New Now' space, the emerging talent in this section…
January 31, 2017
The Animals Observatory: SS17 fashion film
Amongst the present madness in the world and the hectic Aw17 shows we take time to stop, take a breath of fresh air and remember what it's all about. Please enjoy watching this beautiful escape of a fashion film directed by the creative director of The Animals Observatory, Laia…
January 24, 2017
Pirouette One to Watch Winners: Dot to Dot London
There was so much emerging talent at Dot to Dot that it made our job of selecting The Ones to Watch very difficult but what a lovely day walking through the show talking with the exhibitors and looking through the collections. So many were producing at their country of origin…
January 20, 2017
The Nest at Pitti Immagine Bimbo
So The Nest is a bit tricky to locate but well worth seeing the brands nestled in the lower level of the Padiglione Centrale at Pitti Bimbo you will find a little oasis of select independent labels. The friendly and inviting space is curated by the lovely Dimitra Zavakou founder…
January 19, 2017
Dot to Dot London: Pirouette One To Watch
We're really looking forward to attending Dot to Dot this coming Sunday. The London based trade show will be our first port of call for the Pirouette One to Watch awards. Both Florence and I will be on the look out for the best emerging talent at the show in the categories of…
January 15, 2017
Formidable Family Rolando: Florence Rolando
Member of formidable family Rolando, Florence Rolando founder of our very own Pirouette blog talks to Katie about family life in Porto. read on.
January 10, 2017
The Bright Company: Liberty London & SS17 preview
2016 was a pretty good year for British sleepwear and essentials brand The Bright Company and 2017 is looking to be heading in the same direction with the brand's collection now stocked at the iconic London department store Liberty. We chat with label founder and creative…
January 5, 2017
Kid’s wear Living vol.1: Interview & sneak preview
On Monday the 9th of January kid's wear magazine will launch a new magazine dedicated to the world of design for children, lifestyle, toys and accessories. We do our very best to squeeze a little more information and a sneak preview from the editors Petra Barkhof &…
December 16, 2016
Pirouette ONE TO WATCH awards
We are very excited to announce the launch of the Pirouette blog One To Watch awards for AW17 at Playtime - Paris, Playtime - New York and Dot to Dot - London.