LFW 18th September 2010 – Ones to Watch

Another element often forgotten is the queues, at Freemasons hall this afternoon the queues descended into a mobby chaos waiting for the ‘Ones to Watch’ show.
However after this hellish ordeal we were seated and the show began, starting with Lillee.
Lillee’s collection was mainly white leaving us with more room to appreciate the gorgeous origami pleating, high starch collars and panelling. Bandage style layered panels had strips of mesh, exposing little and managing to be clinical yet classy. Femininity featured strongly with ruffled layers and tight, waist cinching lines and flowing gowns. The white collection was dotted with nautical themes including a navy pencil dress, subtle geometric patterns and gold buttons. This collection was stunning all the way through.

Charlotte Taylor’s collection was second on the runway, the collection was a strange mish mash of denim, velvet and thick heavy fabrics fashioned into panels. A yellow pixellated robot print featured strongly throughout. Models wore ‘T’ chain mail necklaces remiscent of crucifixes hinting at the human reliance on technology. This techno theme was strong how ever the variation in patterns and fabrics gave the collection an inconsistency. Following current trends the waistlines were high and material layering made many appearances.

A.Hallucination
This menswear collection featured a muted colour palette and casual tailoring. Collars were folded, orientally and mixed fabrics were used, including what looked like gortex – a ready for anything summer collection. Once again sharp pleats made an appearance as they have on almost every catwalk this season – predicting a trend for SS11. The folded collars were accented with bibs and hoods also folded with origami-like angularity. Shorts for me n varied between being knee length and mid thigh – a school boy sort of length! This collection was very high street and I imagine we will be seeing similar folded dramatic collars very soon.

Georgia Hardinge
This collection was absolutely fabulous! Sleeves and accented shoulders were trimmed with dramatic appliqué ruffles -the colours ran through greys, blacks and nudes this morphed into a stunning yellow finale pieces – a billowing vertical pleated, racer back maxi. At one point underwear/outerwear trends were seen on the catwalk but at closer examination were more to do with architecture and visible structuring – very industrial – mesh covered and powerful giving the models a strong feminine silhouette.
This was another beautiful collection with all the right ingredients to become a huge success.

 

 

 

Jemima Daisy