London Fashion Week
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LFW DAY #5: FAD
2011 FAD Competition winner: Milly Jackson WHO: FAD WHERE: Vauxhall Fashion Scout @ Freemasons’ Hall FRONT ROW: Members of the FAD panel: founder Maria Alvarez de Toledo, Wendy Dagworthy, Head of Fashion and Textiles at the RCA and Whistles CEO Jane Shepherdson. WHAT: The fifteen finalists of the FAD competition presented their responses to the brief: ‘Escape (from the... Continue »
LFW Day#5: Alice Palmer
WHO: Alice Palmer WHERE: Vauxhall Fashion Scout @ Freemason’s Hall FRONT ROW: Courtney, Laura and Lucy from Forward PR, Phoebe Frangoul, Kelly Morris from Running in Heels, the Masquerade magazine team. WHAT: Alice Palmer’s signature quirky knitwear dresses were taken to the next level with her AW11 collection ‘Into the Void’. Set to an electronic soundtrack, a kind of... Continue »
LFW DAY#4: A LA DISPOSITION
WHO: A La Disposition WHERE: Vauxhall Fashion Scout @ Freemasons’ Hall FRONT ROW: Amelia Gregory, Kelly Morris from Running in Heels and the Fashion Monitor team WHAT: Entitled ‘The Utopian Aviary’ and set to a soundtrack of classical music and flapping birds’ wings, the collection was beautifully Victoriana-inspired and took its silhouette quite literally from bird-like forms. Dresses and shirts in... Continue »
LFW Day #3: Charlie Le Mindu
WHO: Charlie Le Mindu WHERE: On/ Off @ Mercer Street Studios FRONT ROW: The great and good of fashion’s glitter underground; rainbow hair, butt-less latex chaps, Pandemonia, Natasha Khan from Bat For Lashes, Diane Pernet from A Shaded View On Fashion and – every designer’s dream FROWer – Daphne Guinness. WHAT: Nothing if not the quintessential showman, Charlie Le... Continue »
LFW DAY #3: ENYA PATRICIA
WHO: Enya Patricia WHERE: Strand Palace Hotel FRONT ROW: Aston from JLS and children’s author Ellie Daines WHAT: ‘Obsession’, the second collection from emerging 21-year-old designer Enya Patricia, was rich in texture and evoked the charm and character of a 1920′s Berlin cabaret. Bowler hats, sweeping streaks of eyeliner, fur muffs and sequinned masquerade masks with jewelled tassels evoked... Continue »
LFW Day#3: Pam Hogg
WHO: Pam Hogg WHERE: On/ Off @ Mercer Street Studios FRONT ROW: Boy George (and a companion wearing black PVC lingerie), Jaime Winstone and Dr Who himself, Matt Smith, there to watch girlfriend Daisy Lowe walk. WHAT: To the strains of an industrial punk soundtrack, Hogg opened with a run of long black leather coats with multiple brown leather... Continue »
LFW DAY#2: BRYCE AIME
WHO: Bryce Aime WHERE: On/Off’s stuffed-to-the-gills Mercer Studios. Not only were to benches packed, but the standing crowd was four people deep. FRONT ROW: Harold Tillman, chairman of the British Fashion Council, attended the after-party at the Mayfair. WHAT: With this collection, entitled Militarium, Bryce Aime keeps one foot in the avant-garde while dipping the other one into the... Continue »
LFW DAY #5: Joanne Hynes & Helen...
WHO: Joanne Hynes and Helen Steele WHERE: Vauxhall Fashion Scout @ Freemasons’ Hall FRONT ROW: Claudine Keane, wife of footballer Robbie and well-known patroness of avant-garde design. WHAT: Joanne Hynes’s show was a mess, but a glorious one. Intriguing but infuriating, various looks shared a kinship with Matthew Williamson, (psychedelic prints in tropical colourways, crystal encrusted collars), J W... Continue »
