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- Colin McDowell
- Colin McDowell is one of the world's leading fashion commentators — and one of the most outspoken. He is best known for his work in the Sunday Times Style and for his creation with IMG of Fashion Fringe, a platform for young London design talent.
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2010
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June
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- Paris: 7 Brilliant Brits at the Hotel Bristol
- Menswear in Paris 2010
- Margiela, Couture and the High Street
- Ara Gallant, Forgotten Genius
- Carnaby Street – Not What It Used To Be
- Fashion Fringe finalists; forum with John Galliano...
- London: St Martins graduate show, Maison Martin Ma...
- Fashion at the Time of Fascism: A New View
- Fashion Photography - We Are All Voyeurs Now
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May
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- Isabella Blow: Why Make a Movie?
- How Male Fashion Changes
- Fashion Fringe @ Covent Garden update
- Graduate Fashion Shows: What's Gone Wrong?:
- High Style at Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
- Singapore Fashion Festival, DSquared, Henry Hollan...
- Thoughts on Fur
- Singapore Fashion Festival: Fashion Asia, all dres...
- Singapore Fashion Festival: Musings on Class
- Singapore Fashion Week: Men in (Scruffy) Shorts
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April
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- Singapore Fashion Festival Gala: DSquared, Carmen ...
- Irving Penn, Fashion Photography and Fashion Illus...
- Dandies of Lowestoft
- Singapore Fashion Festival: Henry Holland, DSquare...
- Grace Kelly, Edith Head and the American Dream
- Giles Deacon: Off to Ungaro?
- A Single Man, I Am Love: A New Film Genre?
- Reflections on Christian Dior
- Male and Female Fashion Divide
- Buying Chanel in Rue Cambon
- Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood
- Fashion Fringe: Weekly Update
- Erdem: What's Next?
- Platform Shoes: A Fashion Fixture?
- In Milan With Dolce & Gabbana
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March
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- Photographers, Models and Exploitation
- Designers and the Press: Lessons from the Past
- The Age of Fashion
- The CFDA and the Bloggers: Why?
- John Galliano: New Chair of Fashion Fringe
- Alexander McQueen: A Month On, the Future of the L...
- Lakme Fashion Week, Mumbai: Generation Next, and a...
- Lakme Fashion Week, Mumbai: Little Shilpa, Lecoane...
- Lakme Fashion Week, Mumbai: Sabyasachi
- Lakme Fashion Week, Mumbai
- As Sarah Sees It
- Milan Fashion Week: Anna Wintour is Right
- London Fashion Week: A Wish List
- London Fashion Week – Burberry
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June
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