Aguri Sagimori

Wonderful elegant presentation and great layers of transparency and print, this is Aguri Sagimori's AW 2013 collection called 'Gran Pas de Shat'. Please explore all of her collections they are stunning.

 Aguri Sagimori graduated in 2007 from the Vantan Design Institute of Fashion and immediately won the New Designer Fashion Grand Prix Prize for Excellence and the Nagoya Fashion Contest 2007 Grand Prix. This year she also launched a menswear collection.

Natalia Alaverdian

Natalia Alaverdian is the fashion director for Harper's Bazaar Russia, she launched AWAKE (All Wonderful Adventures Kindle Enthusiasm) in the autumn of 2012. 
AW 2013 is Natalia's first collection launched in London realising a dream of a lifetime. The collection has a very Scottish feel, especially the pieces that are made form plaid, however it is also inspired by Japanese samurai style and it is heavily quilted and structured.

Ralph Lauren AW2013

Ralph Lauren's AW2013 collection has a quality and luxury that harks back to 1920's elegance. Wonderful fabrics; wool, velvet and leather come together in a narrative of historic and Russian influence.

J W Anderson

There is a lot of discussion about a renaissance in menswear this winter and suddenly very exciting and amazing collections are appearing.  
These are some examples from the androgynous collection for AW2013 by J.W Anderson. The winner of the British Fashion Award for Emerging Talent - Ready to Wear 2012
The design signature or inspiration is "Things that can be borrowed from a man to a woman and from a woman to a man". J.W Anderson
You can see the catwalk presentation of this collection here.

E Tautz : Patrick Grant

E. Tautz was founded in 1867 by Edward Tautz. In 1968, E. Tautz was incorporated into Savile Row tailor Norton & Sons. Headed by creative director Patrick Grant, E. Tautz was re-branded in 2009 and launched as a ready to wear label to wide critical acclaim. 

Tautz tweed is woven in the Outer Hebrides and according to Tautz folklore the knitwear is knitted by eight grannies in Wales. 

Modern dynamic design is blended with quality classic fabrics and Savile Row tailoring.

Patrick Grant is from Edinburgh and trained in Leeds and Oxford he has a passion about menswear and has been known to state that 'the state of British menswear made him want to cry'.

Excitingly for Scotland the company is moving to the Isle of Harris in 2013 and making tentative steps into womanswear.