London Fashion Week

September 23, 2023September 24, 2023

London Fashion Week 2023; CATWALK/PRESENTATION HIGHLIGHTS

London fashion week this season was definitely one for the books . Despite the bipolar weather, change in location for British fashion Council and lots of independent show spaces, I must say that the fashions were still giving fashion and a breath of fresh air.

Here is a rundown of some of my favourite looks from different runway shows and presentations I attended in no particular order. Each show had a distinct effect and story theme that made me excited for how far we truly have come in being sustainable, and creative in the fashion industry and also how inclusive and versatile garments can be. After all, fashion is to be enjoyed right?….

Noon By Noor ”Moonlit” collection was Inspired by the duality of light and shade seen in the moon, the collection personifies the balance of contrasting elements across colors, fabrics, structure, mood, and silhouette.

CLAUDIA WANG ” Temporal Rose Second Quadrant, I really loved this collection, I loved the head scarf. The play on colorsand the floral details. The collection was inspired by the playfulness of virtual spaces. This presentation exhibits her exciting new collection that works to highlight the importance of video games to enhance our conception of the physical world.

Fashionscout featured the future collective with designers like Maxmillian Raynor, Gazal Mishra and Kim Peters, here are my favourite looks from their capsule collection.

Ghazal Mishra had a bohemian vibe. Kim Peters had lovely motif details and lace like patterns on her garments while maxmillian Raynor featured frill, sheer, animal prints in his collection.

The FJU Talents SS24 LFW Catwalk Show, showcased the capsule collections ofChiang Wen Hsuan, Chen You Chen, Allison Tsoi andChen Yi Xuan, along with a 10-look group show from the FJU Department of Textiles and Clothing.

Here are some of my favourite looks from each capsule collection.

Its safe to say that spring summer 2024 is sure going to be a fun season where we get to play with colors like metallic, primary colors, lots of sheers clothing, over size pieces and must I add very comfortable self expressive garments.

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Love and light Always…

September 27, 2019

London Fashion Week 2019 Catwalk /Presentation Summary Highlights Part 5

ApuJan’s collections have distinctive attributes due to the idiosyncratic sources of inspiration, those being books, fantasy, space and imagination. The SS20 collection called ‘A Strange Thief of Time’ narrates a story taking place in a fantasy world of the designer’s imagination. Elements of dinosaurs, keys, clocks, tree branches and space objects contribute into creating visual and tactile imagery suggesting of what this world of fantasy looks and feels like.

Apujan also had a collaboration with NIKE again in this season, who provided footwear for the show in the form of the APUJAN iD trainers. The shoes work with specific color palettes and will feature accessories such as dinosaur bones, books pages and flowers.

On|Off is an innovative talent support platform . Now in its 17th year, ON|OFF has showed many of the most exciting UK and international designers including JW Anderson, Louise Gray, Gareth Pugh, Roksanda , to name a few.

This season, presenting new work from designers Colin Horgan, Daniel Pascal Tanner, JimmyPaul, Rose Danford-Phillips, and Yan Dengyu, They gave such an interesting and mouth watering show.

JIMMY PAUL X HELLO KITTY FASHION WEEK DEBUT

ANDVERV Ebun Oduwole and Winnie Awa present their spring / summer 2020 collection in an immersive installation which explores the forgotten women of the avant- garde post independence in Nigeria, ” The Mbari club”.

This collection celebrates this movement whilst asking a vital question- WHO WERE THE WOMEN?

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September 24, 2019September 25, 2019

London Fashion Week 2019, Catwalk / presentation Show Summary Highlight Part 4

Katie Ann McGuigan looks to the illustrious roller- disco scene of the early 70’s for her ss20 London fashion week collection, where fun was all the rage and worries and woes were nothings but an after thought.

Katie Ann McGuigan included silk scarves, adorned with her staple graphic prints, featuring floras for ss 20. other accessories are seen in the form of leather bum bags, which are overlaid with hand printed vinyl, organza dresses shown in neon pink, candy floss shades, icy blue and deep teal. leather jackets shown along side tie dye ruffled dresses and skirts as well as flared trousers.

Bobbly Abley themed his spring summer 2020 collection ‘FRIENDS OF DOROTHY’,as he takes a trip to OZ to celebrate the 80th anniversary of his and his mother’s mother favorite film’ The wizard of Oz’. The collection follows lead character Dorothy’s journey through this magical land and the colorful characters she encounters, including be spoke prints created from the original film artwork.

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September 22, 2019September 23, 2019

London Fashion Week 2019: Catwalk/ presentation Summary Highlights Part 3

This season’s key focus is classic pyjama silhouettes, neon trimmings, contrasting colours and cuts paired with vintage blanket prints and dramatic star prints made from recycled yarn, all topped off with printed metallic gauzes to resemble the halo of light so often associated with angelic beings. The collection aims to bring alive the serious threats posed to nocturnal wildlife, plant life and human insomnia which have been created through artificial light pollution in the modern world.

SS20 is a reflection of Simon Mo’s idea to hold an insomniac party for all humans, animals and plants wandering through the night.

WEN PAN shows an image of quietness in chaos, and celebrates the confidence in imperfection. The brand appeals to women with a similarly strong sense of individuality as they offer garments that nourish women’s needs of style on an emotional level. WEN PAN provides a way to project their strength of character and translate an attitude through a piece

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September 22, 2019September 23, 2019

London Fashion Week 2019: Catwalk / Presentation Summary Highlights Part Two

For the first time three Chinese designers are coming together to show case a collection for London fashion week with fashion scout.

The collaboration consists of established designer Esa Liang and iconoclastic fashion labels Punk Rave. The third collaborator in the show is the fashion design academy Light and shadow design which consists of a number of in- house designers and emerging student talent.

PHOEBE ENGLISH Ss20 presentation of the attempts at solution featured colors such as white, black, blue and mustard.

This collection is founded on attempts at problem solving with pieces which encompass zero waste pattern cutting and a lot of organically well resourced and outsource high quality fabrics, all in the bid to solve the problem we create.

PUNK RAVE, as the name suggests, appeals to the modern day followers of ” punk” fashion and ideas. The punk spirit is one that challenges the establishment , rebels and refuses to follow blindly.

The punk rave collection reflects this rebellious spirit, As such, the clothing, which is practical and challenging is very popular with artist, punks, goths in china.

Le Sillage means ‘the wake’ and expresses their initial intention to create an independent brand in pursuit of their original ideas.

Le Silliage debut during london fashion week is compiled in an almost black collection which reflects the brands clean aesthetic. Black is often regarded as a monotonous color,but it also brings a high level of dignity to people as it acts as a disguise.

Jamie wei Huang Ss20 collection
takes its name after a common mental illness- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

This collection is not about the final pieces appearing in the catwalk, but the journey of how they were created.
The unfolding line of the artist, the process of moving through repetition in an obsessive space and finding infinite details. Tidal waves of thoughts, failures, faith moving towards a satisfying outcome.

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September 20, 2019September 23, 2019

London Fashion Week 2019: Catwalk / Presentation Summary Highlights part One

This season of fashion scout shows during london fashion week had some amazing designers from all over the world. The catwalk featured some of the best Chinese, polish, seven continents in couture and Malaysia designers just to mention a few .

Here are some of my favorite in no particular order.

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September 20, 2019September 20, 2019

London Fashion Week 2019; Featuring YCH, Push Button and UNDERAGE.

This season of London fashion week has been such a breath of fresh air. Designers brought their very best down the runway, leaving us spell bound and having us looking for our bottom jaws.

To kick off my London Fashion summary , let us look at some of my best designers on and off the catwalk.

UNDERAGE launch their spring/ summer 2020 collection, a surreal imagining of a secret society where sensuality reigns supreme.

The collection was a suitably eclectic take on the power of the cult, a theme which serves as the heart of the collection. The designer Ying Shen explored the work of Maisie cousins, Richard prince and Claude Cahun for this season. This collection images a society that champions the female figure with dark undertones so familiar with the UNDERAGE aesthetic.

For SS20, YCH continues to explore how feminism has been accepted and expressed differently across nations, throughout ears and ultimately reflected in fashion. Trying to infuse both femininity of the past and femininity of today, an emphasis is on carefully balancing between the two concepts.

The collection includes a range of dresses, corset- inspired ,high waisted bottoms, layerable trench coats, puffed- shoulder jackets, shirts and blouses, square- toe boots knee high boots , sandals and mules, netty bucket bags, three in one layered bags, cowboy hats and leather jackets. As puffy power shoulders and work wear- inspired trousers embody fierce and independent women of today, the touch of lace, corsets and frill details compliments femininity.

PUSH BUTTON Successfully executed an attempt to reinterpret push button 2020 odyssey to make it relevant to the upcoming 22nd century as their newly defined future.

This collection features variations of bulky and disheveled tailored jacket’s silhouette added to shirts, polo neck jacket and polo shirt transformative power- shoulder.

It also featured latex socks, bags, leather gloves and solid colors in olive green, black, gold, silver, neon green, sky blue, burgundy, beige and black.

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September 27, 2018September 27, 2018

Fashion Scout Graduate Showcase 2018; Best ones

I got invited by fashion scout uk to come see the 2018 graduate students show case and get first hand feel on what these creatives have been up to.

Let me just say it left me so breathless as I marvelled at the creation of these incredible designers who just graduated and haven’t been into the real designing world but their aesthetics and story behind their brands was definitely one to look forward to for seasons to come.

Maddy stringer

Maddy Stringer graduated from Edinburgh college of arts, and specialises in textile and material development ,exploring tactility and three dimensional surfaces for fashion. She showed at fashions fashion uk where u got the opportunity to style her collection and I’m so in awe of what she has created with persian rugs.

Leanne Callon

Leanne Callon, informal arrangement derives from a background focusing on the processes , development and construction techniques that make up a garment. As a knit wear designer she has mastered the art of creating pieces that are technical but exciting using knit wear and carpets.

This I found very interesting.

Leanne Callon and Maryanne

Alice Jardensten has perefctly created garments that tells a story of the best of both worlds ,using different fabrics to break the norm if how we to wear clothes and has successfully created more free ways of expressing oneself through mixing different structures and garment to create yet another garment that creates freedom for the wearer.

I fell in love with her garments and blown away as to how she mixed structures to recreate a master piece.

Rebecca Wilson creates garments that hopes to improve with age and I can say that she has successfully done that. As a lover of vintage fashion which is believe is time less fashion. Her collection was inspired by the Victorian working class garments with the aim to display the beauty that age creates and the story it starts to tell.

Shagun Chauhan is a graphic designer with a keen interest in illustration as clearly seen in these garments. It was love at first sight for me and I would gladly love every piece in my closet.

Everyone of this designers have out in so much time, funds and resources to create amazing garments that tell very relatable stories that in turn inspire us and best of all make us crave to have their garments in our closets.

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Who is your favour designer, share your thoughts.

XO,

Maryanne

September 24, 2018

Paul Costelloe’s spring summer 2019 “JOY” Collection

Paul Costelloe creates a joyous collection in an area of rainbow colours and optimistic sihouettes, powerful enough to stop the traffic from Piccadilly in London to Madison avenue in a sunny , spring morning in New York.

From pure silk blends from Lyon and comp to rich, crisp linens from emblem Weaver’s of Ireland and intricate Italian jacquards in fresh, modern floral and graphic prints .

I particularly loved the styling of this collection , the white socks paired with white boots and the over size bags were to die for .

Hope you love this collection as much as love it.

XO,

Maryanne

September 24, 2018

Nabil Nayal; The Library presentation

This presentation was all shades of awesome. Loved it so much.

For his Spring summer19 debut at London fashion week, Nabil Nayal, becomes the first designer to host his presentation at the British library on the official London fashion week schedule.

His love for the classic white shirt is further redefined, the shirt- form offers a putitan back drop that white washes the complex hand cur embellishments made of bonded poplins and Marcella. Cape like silhouettes are synched , heightening drama as dark taffetas erupt into skirts and sleeves.