Last night I came home to a wonderful hand delivered parcel – a preview copy of ELLE Collections Spring Summer 2011, hitting the newstands tomorrow.
Rather than a mere round up of the catwalk shows, ELLE Collections deconstructs the trends and makes the whole business much more fun and accessible.
The ELLE UK team bring an insider’s view of the shows, from the soundtrack at Chloe, the Prada snacks, the show scenery and all the pretty invites.
Pulitzer Prize winner and fashion critic, Robin Givhan, discusses the innate sense of glamour only achieved by curvy gals and rising Brit designers such as Peter Pilotto, Jonathan Saunders and Holly Fulton talk about the art that inspires their work.
Other visual delights include a month in the wardrobe of Anna Dello Russo, a who’s who of the front row and a montage of designers’ backstage inspiration placards – ‘think posh school girl’, was the pre-walk decree by Preen.
ELLE have even given us bloggers a helping hand with a calendar recording all of the important fashion and art events until November. I’ll definitely be scanning a copy to stick up at my writing desk (ripping the page out would just seem blasphemous).
Other fashion treat to expect in the 10th issue include:
224 Poodles
2,000 words by a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer
73 images by style blogger Tommy Ton
16 school photos of designers
10 awe-inspiring fashion moments
8 Hermes dressage horses
… and a DIY Prada banana
ELLE Collections is available to buy from 26th January 2011. For more info, visit: www.elleuk.com