Shot of the Day

Aymeline Valade @ Giles.

The more I look at Giles S/S 12 collection the more I think how fantastic he would be doing couture.

I ♥ LFW

I may be incredibly biased but London Fashion Week has to my favourite fashion week, it's always so varied, interesting and relevant. I'm so lucky to have been able to attend the shows for the last three seasons, and I've finally had a spare half an hour to catch up on the best of LFW. After an especially monotonous NYFW (seriously, was it just me or was everything the same? Proenza and Donna Karan were the only stand outs) it's a welcome return to colour - glorious colour - at LFW.


Holly Fulton S/S 11, Peter Pilotto S/S 11, Peter Pilotto S/S 11, Acne S/S 11, Antonio Berardi S/S 11, Mary Katratzou S/S 11.

London certainly hasn't ignored the minimalist trend that swept through New York but through a variety of fabrics and cuts London has really stood out for making minimalism look fun in a way that only London designers can do.

Peter Pilotto S/S 11, Julien Macdonald S/S 11, Acne S/S 11, Hannah Marshall S/S 11.

LFW: Menswear: Aitor Throup

After the madness of the past five days what a welcome relief is what to finally work some menswear shows. Generally, they seem a lot more relaxed and of course the hair and make up takes alot less time. My first show of the day was Aitor Throup, and it wasn't a show but an installation, it was easily one of my favourite to attend, I just loved the concept and I hope my pictures do the installation justice. Walking around I couldn't help but think that if anyone ever doubts that fashion is art is to look at installations just like this one.



It's especially interesting that inspite of the conceptual nature of the installation there's some great tailoring and pieces amongst the art of the installation:


I like the way the red leather is stitched on to the bottom of the trouser to almost look like a red soul of a shoe....





I found these trousers to be especially interesting as they seemed to be made with raw sequins, it almost resembles fish scales. It just seemed like such a great use of texture for a pair of trousers.

all images shot by me.

LFW: Issa F/W 10.11

After last seasons antics, I was so glad to be back at Issa again this season, it's always such a fun show to be at with perfect hair and bright make up. After running in from a snowy London, Issa had the best backstage food with cups of tea and chocolate cornflake cakes. The clothes this season were alot more formal but still sparkled with the fun sense of dressing that Issa has become famous for. In particular this season there were some great shoes and bags.





















All pictures shot by me.

LFW: Holly Fulton

After the crazy atmosphere of Fashion East, Holly Fulton was alot more relaxed affair. Taking place on the 3rd floor of Somerset House at night, the air was filled with hair dryers and chatting models. I love the classic up do and red lips, and the Louboutin shoes are divine!



I love this shot from the back with the brilliant aqua sheen of the dress against that flash of red soul:

LFW: Fashion East

Fashion East has been one of the most fun shows this week, with three different designers; Nasir, Heikki & Michael van der Ham. Taking place in the vaults of Somerset House it gives the whole show a very different mood, going backstage as like discovering some secret fashion show with models in full body paint in one room, ethereal floaty dresses in another and dresses with harness detail in the final room. The variety in the following pictures I hope begins to show what a wonderful and varied backstage area it was, it really felt like being at the Rio Carnival:

(all pictures by me)