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Ana Ljubinković is an up-and-coming Serbian designer whose collection was displayed in London Fashion Week as part of Belgrade Fashion Week’s International Fashion Showcase; an exhibition of the three best visionary designers from Serbia.
Inspired by a dreamlike surrealism, Ana uses bright pastel and candy colours, stripes and polka dots to let us into the fairy tale world of her imagination.
The outfits are characterised by bold silhouettes forming bubble shoulders, tight waists and pop-out hips. These clean lines are mirrored by the love heart necklines and swirly hemming and layering.
Although incredibly fresh and modern, there are elements of traditional blended in. Victorian-style prints of cherubs are patterned alongside creamy pearls. Deer heads are also used as print, framed with pink and yellow roses. One of the most original and dream like aspects to the collection were the vivid deer head shoes. Removed from their normal themes, these traditional objects intensify the dream like surrealism, as well as adding a sense luxury to the fun pieces.
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It was union of urban fashion force on Monday 18th at London Fashion week. Converse united with Fashion East at the Topshop show space in the Tate Modern to incorporate Converse’s iconic Chuck Taylor’s into each catwalk look as envisioned by designers Ashley Williams, Claire Barrow and Ryan Lo, under the wing of British design icon Lulu Kennedy.
Looks were playful and colourful, more typical of Spring shows, which captured the imagination of the audience. Bold pops of colour and oversized bows maintained an element of fun, which tied in (no pun intended) with the experimental use of the Chucks, with gauze and chiffon coloured laces to highlight the bright pops in fabrications.
The clothing was a success in its creativity and eccentricity; however as for the plastic babies carried down the runway by the models, I can safely predict that this will not be a burgeoning trend.
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Eugene Lin’s AW 2013 collection “Cupid de Locke” continues the story of the “Judgement of Paris” which was the title and inspiration behind his SS 2013 collection.The Greek myth tells the story of how Eris, the goddess of discord, tried to ruin a wedding she hadn't been invited to by throwing the “apple of discord” into the party. The apple, inscribed “to the fairest one”, sparked an argument between Hera, Athena and Aphrodite as to who should get the apple, and Zeus was called on to choose. Not wanting to show favoritism Zeus gave the responsibility to the mortal Trojan named Paris to judge the beauties. Aphrodite wins Paris’ affections by promising him the most beautiful woman in the world, Helen of Troy. She does this by sending her son Cupid to Troy where his arrow causes Helen to fall in love with the first man he sees, Paris. The myth has been inspiration for countless classical artists, and Eugene Lin continues this tradition, modernising the message of “the violence of love and the fragility of it all” in a 21st century context.
Instead of arrows, this violence is represented with bullets (in the form of gold rivets and print) and digitalised smashed glass. As well as violence and fragility, “Cupid style” love is subtly present in the collection in the form of sweet heart neck lines and deep rose red.
Despite its inspiration, the collection is surprisingly wearable, mainly consisting of well-fitting dresses, legging, and trench coats. Silhouettes are simple with clinched waists and pencil skirts falling just above the knee. Unlike many other designers we have seen in LFW AW13, Lin keeps shoulders simple, focusing instead on oversized coat collars, which come both attached and independent from trench coats.Using a rich and autumnal colour palette of burgundy, gold, black and deep greys, Lin’s collection shows the passion and lust of love, as well as its dark side. One of the most original parts of the collection is the restructuring of trench coats to make dresses and corsets. In the photo above the soft heart shaped neck line is reflected and contrasted by the angular points of the corset’s hem. This piece encapsulates the essence of the collection, using structure and style to show the two sides of love.
The inspiring titles of Lin’s collections also lead us to think about our roles as the spectators of fashion. Are we the mortals called upon to judge the divine?
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Tapestry, jacquards and Native American inspired prints were the order of the day at Issa’s AW13 London Fashion Week show.
A mute rich colour palette of mochas, greys and creams were highlighted with burnt oranges and mustards, which lifted the rich fabrics with geometric prints and seventies inspired stripes. Nods to the era also ran through the felt fedoras and the draped and belted silhouettes in longer lengths in silks and chiffon bases.
All in all, the show was an elegant triumph of design from Daniella Halayel, which will surely appeal to the designer’s loyal customer base, which famously includes the Middleton sisters.
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Zoe Jordan was a perfect designer to open London Fashion Week AW 13. She represents a new inspirational generation of British fashion; the brand was only started in 2007, yet she has already won awards such as the WALPOLE “Brand of Tomorrow” in 2011, and was nominated for the VOGUE Designer Fashion Fund. Titled “Foundations”, the collection is futuristic and modern. It uses sharp geometric lines and structures, taking inspiration from the digital world with pixelated patterns. As well as looking forward to the future of fashion, Zoe Jordan pays homage to the great art of the past, using prints of Renaissance statues and kaleidoscopic images of cathedrals and chandeliers.
The collection is characterised by simplicity in its lines and cuts, giving a boyish edge to the pieces. In contrast with the masculine angles of patterns, shoulders and necklines are the feminine curves of the silhouettes and softly clinched waists.
Zoe Jordan boldly mixes the smart with the casual. Tailored suits and cocktail dresses were accompanied on the catwalk with t-shirt dresses and bright, slouchy jumpers. Inspired by everything from travel, to “the street”, to contemporary art, she blurs tradition with high fashion, making a suit in metallic gold and teaming a snakeskin bodice with grey formal trousers.
The colours of the collection reflect the style; mostly simple but injected with brightness. We see a lot of grey, monochrome and navy, and these colours are surprisingly complimented with orange, fuchsia and gold.
Key styles in the collection are high necklines (polo neck, slash neck, round neck), sharp “M” shaped necklines, monochrome tartan, structured shoulders, and snakeskin.
Those in the front row enjoying the show included the singer and goddaughter of Amy Winehouse, Dionne Bromfield, TV presenter and actress Laura Whitmore, Amanda Byram and The X-Factor’s Diana Vickers.
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