ABC cont.

My fashion alphabet continued. Here: P to Z. 

See A to O HERE. 

Click to see Prada's real fantasies Spring 2013 look book. 

We Need To Talk About Alex

Balenciaga Fall 2013. Click on the image to see the full collection.

Was Alexander Wang's rise to Balenciaga everything we expected? 

Best of LFW Fall 2013

The London Fashion Week outfits you need to see. 

Hold It Together. Christopher Kane SS13

In the first few looks it almost went unnoticed. Then you see: something isn't quite normal with those pants. And then it hits you: these clothes are being held together by plastic screws. That's right Christopher Kane is doing Frankenstein.

Out with old dress fastenings, in with nuts and bolts as Kane calls them. The construction of the clothes were done in a way that could only have been him, the hard lines and subject matter being contrasted by soft colours and beautiful bows. His use of jelly rubber, especially the way it was weaved in that white (and almost transparent) skirt suit also deserve a mention.

But of all the stunning closing numbers we've seen in London so far, none quite match the ambiguous brilliance of the dresses and separates that had lace and jewels taped onto them. I really don't think it gets any more modern than that. It's the kind of design that'll make you so happy you'll look at it over and over again before proposing marriage to the designer on your BBM status. Or maybe that's just me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Images vogue.co.uk

 

Outfit Of The Day: Friday

The weather might not be very optimistic, but that's not putting damper on my much needed public holiday. I'm skipping town for a "relaxing" weekend in the country. The iconic inverted commas refer to the fact that I'll be working on assignments most of the time.


That said, no mater how busy we are right now, it's essential that we take some time for rejuvenation. Whatever you'll be doing today you'll probably be doing inside, so crank up the heaters and bring out your new winter dress. Don't have one yet? Here's some great inspiration from (you guessed it) London Fashion Week. (You'd swear they were paying me...)

Friday - Jonathan Saunders
I love this look because it's a great example of how you can take a potentially provocative dress and make it ready for a lunch with friends... Or parents in law. Adding a great formal shirt to a dress like this changes its function completely. You can even turn a summer dress into a winter outfit like this. So innovative.


Other options: bring some warm colours into your winter wardrobe with these...

From left: Christopher Kane, Peter Pilotto, Burberry Prorsum.

London Collections AW12

In case you were wondering, London did it again. This year the (arguably) best group of designers out there took us on another amazing journey of design brilliance and beauty. And on top of that there was the rain at Burberry and the flash mod at Stella. If this is the future of fashion (or at least LFW) we've got a lot to smile about.

...And let's now forget the brilliant minds that made all this possible. They're a rather attractive lot.

You can thank Peter Pilotto for bringing the puffa jacket back - it's not just for Avatars.

Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos

House of Holland plays with shapes and has fun doing it.

Henry Holland

 

Dark and twisty... You know you love it. Christopher Kane.

Christopher Kane

This nurse definitely got the memo! (Doctor Simone Rocha sent it out.)

Simone Rocha

Hear the rustling leaves and feel the soft sunlight on your skin while walking thought the park in your Erdem dress.

Erdem Moralioglu

I'm out of compliments of for Mary Katrantzou. Make your own.

Mary Katrantzou

A unique brand of fun. It can only be Meadham Kirchhoff.

Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff

There's something so workable about Jonathan Saunders.

Jonathan Saunders

Nobody's allowed to rain on a Burberry Prorsum parade.

Christopher Bailey

Paint the town blue, yellow and green in Stella McCartney evening wear .

Stella McCartney