Known as ‘The Oscars of the Design World’ the The Design Museum’s Designs of the Year Awards showcase the most innovative and progressive talent worldwide, spanning seven categories: Architecture, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Digital, Transport and Product.

Cut It Out by Noma Bar

Fashion-wise, Matches favourites are well represented (well, we know good design when we see it).

Mary Kantrantzou stands out in the Fashion category and is a no-brainer nomination. “The collection deserves to be recognised as a high watermark of fashion” said US Vogue’s Sarah Mower (a judge for the awards). ‘Katrantzou is one of the most original young designers working today’

To celebrate the return of Charlotte Olympia’s cult Kitty pump, we took a moment to ask the lady herself (Charlotte Dellal that is) about shoes and, erm, clay pigeon shooting.

What was the inspiration for the Kitty shoe?
I wanted to create a smoking slipper with a twist by replacing the usual monogram with something else. The embroidered cat face is subtle enough, but when you notice it it makes you smile. There is also a high wedge version, Tessa, that is named after the family cat I had as a child.

Hiding behind Forte Forte’s gorgeous silk capusule collection lies a heroic story of waste not want not. It all starts at Mantero, a renowned family-run Italian fabric company specialising in silks for over 100 years.

The installation at the Marylebone Matches store

At the end of each season the left over printed silks are usually destroyed due to print copyright. But Forte Forte hate to see  good fabric wasted so took the creative approach by printing over the existing designs to create something totally unique, and creating a new collection.

For the final day of Men’s Tailoring Week, No.23 is being taken over – in the most elegant way imaginable – by venerable Savile Row fashion house, Hardy Amies. We caught up with the brand’s super-cool new Creative Director, Claire Malcolm, to talk shell suits, Elvis and Turkish Delight.

*What is your first memory of wearing a suit? Did your father wear suits? 

My first memory of wearing a skirt suit was when I worked as a bar manager at a golf club when I was 18. I don’t really remember my dad wearing suits when I was younger. He was a Formula 1 photographer and suits aren’t the most practical of garments for a pit lane!