London Fashion Week: Quick and Dirty

As I look for challenges within my writing career, the powers that be here at Papierdoll are never in short supply. Down from the mountain it came: London Fashion week: on a budget and in a nutshell. Since this encompasses a whole week’s work in one blog entry, I decided to challenge myself, limiting my analysis to a brief descript or one word!

So pour yourself a spot of tea, put on the Petshop Boys, and grab a map of the tube… London here we bloody come!

Monday:

Noir: classic structure featuring crisp white fabrics as the standout

Peter Jensen: Safari, old Banana catalog

Gharani Strok: hated at first sight, but the coolness had me reconsidering… made me wish I was a spy on the coast of a Riviera

John Rocha: Romantic Grunge!

Tuesday:

Unconditional: a line for men and women, the colors were muted and the genre was punk….that is unconditional

Ben De Lsi: casually sensual

Preen by Thorton Bregazzi: the appearance seemingly misshapes curves of the female body, but the math of the design compliments… a little paradoxical

Gareth Pugh: In a word: Highlight… scroll down to the end of the recap for more…

Wednesday:

Biba: Kat Hepburn cool

Jasper Conran: BEAUTIFUL

Christopher Kane: the mini…well, at least Paris has something to wear

Giles: chain me up in shackles

Thursday:

Ashley Isham: for the bitch you love or love to hate… really… where did she get those heels?

Fashion Fringe (a.k.a. the “Fab Four Designers”):

Antonio Santana: comfortable

6 7/8 (six and seven eighths): Cruella de Vil

Stephen Harper: everything I wish would fit my bum

Gavin Douglas: oh, the drama

Nicole Farhi: single handily trying to bring back the polka dot

And there you have it, a week’s synopsis, quick and dirty.

If you would like to see it in pictures, head over to www.londonfashionweek.co.uk, and compare for yourself.

In conclusion, I would like to back track to Gareth Pugh: Every once in a great while, someone creates something that is more than just fashion–it is the dream of fashion. Gareth achieved this through checkered black and white dresses and the dramatics of black masked faces. A transformer-type dress cut from quilted patent leather created a space-like silhouette. The black and white mini was made from inflatable plastic, like the floats you wore as a child. All of these designs barreled down a floating catwalk, created when air was pumped through a long white cloth. Gareth Pugh’s line makes any narrator seem insane–it truly must be seen with your own eyes. It could have been a mockery, warning those who take all of this too seriously. Maybe it was the brilliant vision of one madman. In the end I took it as an inspiration, and a reminder of what fashion, the look, and the “it,” is all about.

Posted by Brandy @ 5:05 pm

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