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.

Alexander Wang AW13

There is something utterly indulgent about symphonies of Cashmeres, Mohair and fur all thrown together harmoniously creating a beautifully decadent softness in a season of biting winds. Soft shoulders and roomy shapes indulged the crowds at New York Fashion Week, who witnessed the master of modern brew up another masterpiece collection. It was the antidote of rigid and sculptural shapes in which Women's fashion is currently breathing. Model's heads were covered in coal coloured Mohair hoods, knitted into the forecoming news of New York blizzards, a subject every budding New Yorker is familiar with, although Wang bought about an exciting element of unexpectedness-a foreshadowing of what Wang will bring to Balenciaga.
(Photos courtessy of i-doline.com)