Sneaking backstage during British Fashion Week is an odd highlight of the entire season. Besides everyone’s too-cool accents, there’s a strangely calm vibe that just doesn’t exist in New York and Paris – people say “Good morning,” sit and eat before they work, and actually find shoes that fit the girls. Backstage at Christopher Kane, [...]

We’re going to call this the Spindle Collection for two reasons: When it debuted this morning on the London catwalk, you could tell pretty instantly that it was part of a much bigger thread, the one that spins from British and Scottish sewing traditions of needlepoint, weaving, and – well, lots of sheep. The difference [...]