14 January, 2025 The Toscani effect. Farewell Oliviero Toscani, a brilliant photographer and art director who changed the world through his audacious activism dressed as fashion advertising.. I became aware of him in the 1980s via his vibrant fashion shoots for Benetton using groups of racially diverse, often street cast models in simple studio …

Welcome to Disneyrollergirl, the fashion blog by London-based fashion editor, Navaz Batliwalla. Disneyrollergirl is the go-to resource for fashion and beauty industry insights, emerging trends and editorial shoots from an industry insider’s point of view.

30 January, 2011 Who is Disneyrollergirl? The beginnning Almost four years ago I started a blog. Working as a fashion editor by day and doing extra freelance writing by night, I still didn’t feel I had the opportunity to say what I wanted to say.

17 November, 2023 Follow a stylist. Influencers, schminfluencers!If you want styling ideas, better to follow the stylists. Compared to photographers, the best in the biz are still fairly elusive on Instagram (where are you, Joe McKenna?!) but once you locate them, they’re worth checking in with.They tend to repeat their tricks across the brands and publications they work for, so it’s easy ...

Jan 4, 2008 · It’s true, I always feel a little pained upon opening each season’s “fashion reports” free with the glossies. This is partly because the name of trends seem to become more and more obsurd and partly because of my great, great hatred for trends such as “Nautical” and “Safari” which have become to ultimate fashion cliches, and sadly, seem to be trends relied upon by the ...

12 September, 2023 Trend report: what to wear for AW23. AW23 is emphatically female-focussed, kicking off with supermodel mania – that Vogue cover, the Apple series and a Linda Evangelista book – and continuing with a slew of women-championing exhibitions. We’ve also got the big Phoebe Philo reveal to come, as well as a focus on revivalist classic fashion (aka gentlewoman style).

24 January, 2025 The aspirational familiarity of Lemaire and Auralee AW25. While the major fashion brands have seemingly gone nuts with their pricing, it makes sense that a certain demographic has shifted attention to Lemaire and Auralee.Both just showed at the menswear shows – precise (and practical) layering, easy-but-interesting silhouettes, harmonious colour palettes and distinctive ...

Dec 10, 2024 · Time to bring back the shock factor in fashion retail?Counter to the cosy conviviality of the new Alaïa cafe-bookshop ( in my previous post), I was recently reminded of the decidedly UNinviting facade of Malcolm and Vivienne’s 1976 ‘S😍X’ shop.The plywood, rubber latex and plastic sheeting sign made by #SexPistol #GlenMatlock was meant to look like a #RobertRauschenberg sculpture.

29 May, 2023 Shop the post: summer beauty update. I finally made the pilgrimage to Sephora UK! It was good but not as epic as I’d built it up to be. I really like the self-service element – it feels like the only truly self-service beauty store where the advisors aren’t poised to ambush you.

16 April, 2024 Gentlewoman style: Dior pre-fall 2024. My favourite look from yesterday’s Dior pre-fall 24 show at the Brooklyn Museum is this leather all in one number (above).. Maria GC gets a ton of stick for her collections (please – enough with the logos and book bags!), but this was one of the stronger ones.