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Iris van herpen Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

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Iris van Herpen exploration and innovation in form always results in the wonderful. van Herpen’s autumn/winter 2010-2011 show was a sublime sensory experience called ‘Synesthesia‘.

In the collection notes and in a back stage interview the designer said she was “inspired by the cross -sensational phenomenon of feeling sound, smelling motion, and hearing colour.”

van Herpen pushed the boundaries with her three dimensional structured garments; featuring twisted cords, bursts of nude flesh, knots, incredible innovative leather work and clever placement of reflective metallics(the gold has been employed to punctuate the black based leather strips).

In the backstage interview the designer cited male model and stylist Jean Pierre Goude(who walked in the show, as seen on left in image one) as an inspiration due to his ability to carry anything off.

This collection maintains that Iris van Herpen has an impeccable eye for detail. Each design is intricate, each almost as it were, a delicate living body.

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Belle Sauvage Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

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The design duo, Belle Sauvage (Virginia Ferreira at helm for silhouette and Christian Neuman on print) showed a collection inspired by 1920’s German film. In a backstage interview they cited that their muse was Virginia. The print palette, of the mainly body conscious line-up, was ochre, purple, green and black.

The collection featured leather dresses, body con print dresses, dresses and leg wear with cut outs, jutting hips and leggings, etc. Garments had an elongated torso.

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Romina Karamanea

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

The collection notes on the seats stated the line up had been inspired by shadow and duality. The designer also took inspiration from aerial photography. It also quotes the designer as saying “Our lady is definitely not a yes-yes person.”

The all black collection worked supple leathers, tweed, and suede into panelled and geometric pieced together designs with focal vinyl piping. The mood was dark romance, with encasing body armour like structure.

Leather, tweed and silk georgette fluid gowns and structural garments were encased in plaited leather tassel fringing and harnesses.

Featured were floor sweeping length gowns with caging, garments with a focal back, wool coats, flowing high waist pants, varied short structural black dresses, leg wear and etc.

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Bryce Aime Autumn/Winter 2010 – 2011

Sunday, February 21st, 2010

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The designer known for his explorations into structure, showed an autumn/winter 2010-2011 show that was a further foray into structure play. His garments(dresses and jumpsuits)had sculpted body wrapping details which felt armour like.

This structural armour in a colour palette primarily of grey, purple, wine, black wrapped around garments in graphic prints.

In a backstage interview with Bryce Aime, the designer cited Egyptology, and mummification as his inspiration for his collection. Everything from the structure of the garments to the hems of the designs was inspired by the bandaging of mummy’s and Egypt in his eyes.

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With Bryce Aime.

Can you not totally see Lady Gaga or Rihanna(she wore spiked pieces designer in her ‘Hard’ music video) in that first piece?

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Aminaka Wilmont Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

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As soon as I saw the first two pieces of the collection I thought it was seemingly pared back.

The line up was almost minimalistic in comparision to past collections by the label. It was however no less memorable.

The design duo(Maki Aminaka Löfvander & Marcus Wilmont), known for their digital print, showed a line up of haunting print dresses, streamlined black and navy pieces with sparing embellishment, stark leather pieces(one standout piece was a patchwork leather jacket), organic silk jersey pieces. The colour palette was muted with touches of grey feathers in models hair.

I was honoured to have a mini interview with Marcus of Aminaka Wilmont, backstage after the show.

Marian - Congrats on the collection. I thought it was minimalistic compared to your last collection.

Marcus - It is funny you say that, as the whole essence of the collection was to try and focus on what is left after everything has been stripped away. We were inspired by Cormac McCarthy’s novel ‘The Road’. I don’t know if you know the book?

Marian – I do indeed.

Marcus – That’s really the inspiration.

Marian – I can see how that inspiration came through into the collection.

Marian – How do you find inspiration for your digital prints season after season?

Marcus – You know what? It’s so easy, you just have to look around, from what you see in nature. A lot of the prints were taken from nature.

Marian – What can we expect from you in seasons to come ahead?

Marcus – I think we are just going to keep on building on the collections and make it stronger than before.

Kind thanks you to Aminaka Wilmont for the interview.

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Ramon Gurillo Autumn/ Winter 2010-2011

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

Gurillo’s Autumn/Winter 2010 line up was an array of knits. From the spindly thin cobweb, the ruffled, fringed knits and more.
The collection of jumpers, backless fringed knit dresses, eyelet knit leggings, over size scarves was in a colour palette of metallic’s, red, grey, black.

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JENA.THeo Autumn/Winter 2010-2011

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

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Jenny Holmes and Dimitris Theocharidis,the duo behind this label. They recently won Fashion Fringe at Covent Garden, 2009. For their first stand alone collection, the designers sited that they had been inspired by Silent movies, 3D effects, the French resistance, 1950’s glamour.

For example, sirens like Ginger Rogers and Katherine Hepburn were the influence for their high waist pants. The collection also featured draped silk dresses, garments made from abstract prints (which were the result of a collaboration with the artist O.Two), leather jackets etc.

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Maria Grachvogel Autumn/Winter 2010

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

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I made my way to the gorgeous to The Waldolf Hilton Hotel for Maria Grachvogels show.

Soon it started and it was a lesson in effortless sophistication.

The AUtumn/Winter 2010 was seemingly elegant with Halston like maxi gowns, knee length dresses and jumpsuits etc in a gorgeous palette of green, black, red, ochre yellow and gray. Print separates and gowns in deep sea hues. Grachvogel’s pieces also showed impeccably tailored suiting,with razor sharp jackets and pants. Her caped garments and sleeves were super chic.

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Charlie Le Mindu Autumn/Winter 2010

Friday, February 19th, 2010

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Charlie Le Mindu creates the surreally wonderful out of hair. His a hair crafting extraordinaire.

Today’s I bunny hopped over for his collection which was no exception to Charlie’s rule.

Black body painted models pouting blue lips took to the catwalk in coats made of hair, humongous wiggys meet hats, hair capes and hair pieces jutting Swarovski crystal crosses etc.

My favourite piece was a Faberge looking open egg head piece(in image one), made of hair with a ballerina inside! Charlie always delights…

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