London Fashion Week came to a close yesterday, and as every fashion editor, buyer, stylist and model heads to Milan for the next round of shows, we take a look at some British highlights for Autumn/Winter 2011.
New shapes & colours at Burberry Prorsum. The show, which was staged at the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens, was a flurry of brighter, ampler versions of the trademark coats and trenches. The models all reappeared at the end of the show with transparent cloaks over their clothes as fake snow rained down on them (and the audience).
Matthew Williamson ditched stylist Vanessa Coyle in favour of styling his show himself for the first time in 14 years, and showed a streamlined, colourful yet light collection of effective simplicity (below, left). Whilst, still on the ditching theme, Richard Nicoll (who confirmed the end of his brief stint as creative director at Cerruti) changed his entire show just 1 day before showing, throwing away jewelry, stripping off feathers and dropping elaborate embroideries specially commissioned from an Indian manufacturer at great expense. The moth-motifed collection focused on movement, freedom & comfort (below, right).
Christopher Kane teetered boldly (as he often does) on the edge of bad taste with a weird & wonderful collection of craftsy crochet and sterile, almost clinical-looking plastic trims. The technology employed was impressive but the jury's out on its wearable/sellable potential (below, left). Giles, on the other hand, strayed from his usual girlie, romantic aesthetic in favour a largely monochrome, almost fetishist collection of accomplished beauty (below, right).
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