Fashion week comes to London, I have picked my favourite shows and pieces to show you. I really enjoyed the outfits from London's fashion week, I feel like from the shows I have seen the fashion was so much more creative and risky, and if you can't go all out for fashion week, when can you?
Ashish
Ashish has no fears when it comes to colour. His collection was inspired by a recent encounter with a floral pattern he helped produce in a textile factory in Delhi over 20 years ago. He says his designs are further inspired by Indian street style and Mexican blankets. The collection also included word play on American credit cards; 'VIVA L'Amore' , 'American Excess'. I really love the colour, more so the textures of the colours, which makes these pieces stand out from other collections.
Burberry
Christopher Bailey has left Burberry on a high, this rainbow filled collection, provides a large donation to charities that help LGBTQ+ rights and mental health. An adaption of the Burberry check can be seen on many items featuring the pride flag colours. I love the sweatshirts with the Google inspired Burberry logo, and the expressive patterns on the dresses and coats as it reminds me of having to create sketches in stick and ink back in Art classes.
Emilio De La Morena
Overall, this collection was not my favourite. However, the looks I have selected here are my favourites as the models look cool and confident and don't let the clothes drown them out. Some of the other outfits I saw, wore the models and made them look awkward. Saying that, in response to being asked by Vogue if the outfits were a little controlling, De Le Morena replied, "My background is in sculpture and form, and today women should be free to choose any silhouette they wish." I think the sunglasses add this nonchalant vibe, the models know they look sexy and chic and don't need anyone to tell them.
Christopher Kane
Unfortunately the lighting from these images did not help when editing this collage, but these select pieces I thought were really beautiful. I can definitely see Bella Hadid pull of the little red dress in the middle. I'm a massive fan of the silky velvet in the electric blue and forest green. Also the suiting with the coloured sequins on puts a refreshing but subtle take on the classic suit. The theme of this show, as many of Kane's shows, was sex, inspired by the book; The Joys of Sex, creating skimpy lace garments. He even used some of the illustrators' images as prints within the collection.
MM6 Maison Margiela
Have we gone back to the sci-fi sixties? Maison Margiela's diffusion line have really gone all out on the silver theme, covering a London pub in tin foil. I have to say my absolute favourite thing is the disco ball suit, and skirt. The concept has been driven from Margiela's archives. I am more in love with the concept rather than the clothing itself but, fashion week is bigger than just the clothes, it's the idea and the vision, and I am really enjoying this metallic vision.
Temperley London
I love this refreshing take on the military air force uniform, it's stylish, chic, and very strong. I don't usually like it when coats and jackets are worn over shoulders without putting arms through the sleeves, but I'll make an exception because Temperly make it look powerful and cool.
David Koma
Last but not least, David Koma. I would wear each and everyone of these pieces. I am totally in love with this whole collection. I love the reoccurrence of the circular belts in each piece. The combination of the leather and the fur, and the studs, and the fringe is just so beautiful. I like the fact that even the dresses are brought back to this leather theme with the boots and the gloves. The outfits are just so appealing to my personal style, I want it all. He found his inspiration from "the great plains of America where he fell in love with the ornamentation of indigenous tribes." He was also inspired by Edward Curtis, "adding a sense of roots folklore to the Space Age sensibility that informs his surface decoration." All background info on the collections is from Vogue.com/fashion-shows and DeeZeen
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