It was all the fun of the fair at the Sister by Sibling spring/summer 2012 presentation at London Fashion Week. Models perched atop merry-go-round horses showed off candy floss fur and pastel-coloured knits featuring sequinned slogans and tatoo-inspired motifs. Leopard-prints came in citrus yellow and aqua on twinsets and cropped jumpers, while preppy striped dresses are bound to be a hit with East London’s style set. Check out the video highlights.
With previous winners including Basso & Brooke, Erdem and Corrie Nielsen, Fashion Fringe is always a hot ticket. For spring/summer 2012, this year’s finalists were asked to demonstrate the cutting-edge technical skills and avant-garde design aesthetic that makes London Fashion Week the global leader in new fashion talent. Watch the video to see the highlights from the show, featuring winning label Fyodor Golan and finalists Heidi Leung and Nabil El-Nayal.
Dame Vivienne Westwood’s spring/summer 2012 Red Label collection was almost a show of two halves: opening with a succession of her signature asymmetric tailoring looks styled in a distinctly tomboy manner, it was all change halfway through when these were followed by a slew of draped jersey dresses and the more structured brocade party frocks we know and love. In a palette of neutrals and pastels, it was an understated collection from the first lady of punk. See the highlights from the London Fashion Week show here.
Jeweller Dominic Jones presented his spring/summer 2012 collection, inspired by ‘Gothic cathedrals, abandoned Soviet sculptures and colour’, at London Fashion Week. The designer’s signature spikes and punk-tinged elegance were in evidence in designs including collar tips, necklaces and lethal-looking rings. See the highlights from the presentation here.
For spring/summer 2012, Mulberry’s Emma Hill created a collection that will definitely make you want to be beside the seaside. Easy, breezy silhouettes in shades of sand and ice cream were accompanied down the runway by the super-covetable bags that the British heritage brand is best known for, while you’ll be stylish even in an English summer downpour in the glossy rainwear. see the highlights from the London Fashion Week show here.
Staying true to her minimalist aesthetic, Korean-born Jackie Lee showed a sleek, modernist spring/summer 2012 collection for her J. JS Lee label at London Fashion Week. In carefully-chosen contrasting textures, the monochrome pieces were lifted by splashes of pale coral and royal blue in pared-back shapes and asymmetric lines. Watch the video highlights here.
Every London-based fashion editor’s go-to designer for tailoring and shirting, Margaret Howell’s spring/summer 2012 collection has plenty to keep fans of her refined classics happy. Primary blue and red, stripes and shirt details on dresses were the key features of an elegantly casual showing at London Fashion Week. Click play to watch the video highlights.
Continuing his exploration of texture and structure from previous seasons, Richard Nicoll showed a spring/summer 2012 collection inspired by sixties futurism at London Fashion Week. In a palette of soft blues and blush pinks, the hooped chiffon maxi skirts and structured corset mini-dresses stood in sharp contrast to PVC t-shirts and printed tunic-over-trousers looks. To watch the highlights from the show, just click play.
Lulu Kennedy’s Fashion East show is always one of the most exciting at London Fashion Week, and with three young designers whose aesthetics are poles apart the spring/summer 2012 collections were a visual delight. Marques’Almeida showed deconstructed denim fashioned into oversized t-shirts, while Maarten van der Horst’s collection had sorbet-coloured tailoring, giant tropical prints and unexpected ruffles. James Long’s snakeskin- and sparkle-infused designs will definitely find a place in the most glamourous of wardrobes. Watch the highlights from the show here.
Graphic prints, bold colour and traffic-stopping embellishment: all the Holly Fulton trademarks were present in a spring/summer 2012 collection inspired by ‘shell grottoes, casinos and early Versace’ at London Fashion Week. Simple shift dresses and boxy jackets were the perfect canvas for sunshiny scenes and zebra stripes, while the turquoise and yellow set a thoroughly summery tone. Click play to watch the video highlights.