Denim nostalgia

London based design team Marques' Almeida are known to evoke the post-grunge Ninties era in their garments and for their FW13 collection they did not shy away from their iconic aesthetic. However, the designers took a rough-luxe take on the era, combing the industrial and baggy skater with raw silks and slashed denim. Semi-court shoes with their signature clompy soles added a splash of sophistication to the skater child, along with silk parkas and luxurious ink and maroon biker jackets-the pinical of Ninties fashion. Pushing the boundaries, Marques' Almeida even tackled the gown but of course to their own ethic; with huge balloning trousers to bring us back to the collection's raw nature, whilst transparent knits were slashed, torn and trailed. Marques' Almeida certainly bought about a sophisticated nostalgia to street.

Eudon Choi FW13

Eudon Choi-a young designer who has been steadily building his reputation on cocoon lines, sleek shapes and a sense of futurist austerity, yet for his FW13 collection be bought an aesthetic of Russian romance to the ever-anticipating audiences in his London show this February. "For me the real focus was to keep the signature, but the main starting point was actually the Swarovski sponsorship which really inspired the romantic element in the collection like the crystals," said Choi, who also noted Russian costume as the basis of new shapes and elements fullfilling his collection; bloom-filled headwer and full cocooned skirts adorned his blushing collection. "It has the hardness and the softness," went on Choi, who elaborated that this was a season of firsts and change, a new chapter in fashion and a new chapter in the book Eudon Choi has opened.

 

The main reason why I love London Fashion Week as aposed to the more prestigious of the events is simply because of the discovery and unveiling of new young talent-they emmerge as bright, exciting and unexpected flowers in the fashion Garden of Eden, blooming with innovation and austerity, ready an awaiting their debut which is exactly what has drawn me to Eudon Choi. He mastered it in rosewater and Persian blue.

What I would have wore to LFW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mohair sweater: Uniqlo men's (old)

Velvet cycle shors: American Apparel

Nylon shoulder bag: Cos

Wood and metal bangle: Cos

Sunglasses: ASOS

It is because I am knee deep in essays *sigh* that I will not be attending the fashion Garden of Eden that is London Fashion Week this spring. However, the thought of many weeks of drowning in lined paper and John Steinbeck did not make me hesitate in deciding on what I would wear to Sommerset House. For that occasion, I stole my dad's old mohair Uniqlo sweater which I have been secretly coveting for years now; although persuading him to let me wear it was nothing without stubbornness. Mohair has got to be my favourite texture for the colder months and there is something I find delicious about the soft and cosy silhouette it gives; although it may seem to many that an extremely oversized knit is such a lazy garment I can never help but feel quite expensive in this one. It reminds me quite a lot of the mohair Wham dress from Acne which is hiding from me at the moment.