HIGHLIGHTS FROM LFW S/S 19 PART ONE

Eyes are now on the other side of the Atlantic as London opens it's doors to it's resident designers to broadcast their collections to the world. It kicked off with Richard Malone’s sustainable use of silk and satin to create a statement collection made for empowered women. Alexa Chung gave us a collection inspired by travel and pieces made to fit into your everyday wardrobe. At Molly Goddard we were sent on a Mediterranean holiday with fuss free pieces including polka-dot mini dresses. Seventies was mined at Harlpern with Amazonian silhouettes in fabulous patterns. Read my highlights of the opening of LFW. 

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RICHARD MALONE 

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London Fashion Week kicks off with a bang with a sustainable showcase sticking to Malone’s commitment to sustainable fabrics, his textile choices have been made from recycled plastics or fabrics hand woven. Form fitting econyl jersey and bags made up of recycled tarpaulin, ankle and high boots creatively rethought with the simple use of adding lace and round shapes. Lavish double silk satin on micro mini dresses, dresses capture attention with warm palette, predominant tones, electric blues and green tints, mixing and blending with yellow. Tube shirts, tight tops and biker trousers trimmed with tassels and power shoulder jackets cut from satin in shades of banana and lime. The collection had a sense of empowerment, all the garments making a statement. His ascetic of dressing proudly avant-garde women is translated through this season with cleverly cut, sculptured but practicality pieces.

MARTA JAKUBOWSKI

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Clinging onto the Noughties with Marta Jakubowskis’ new collection giving all the trends from the recent decade, body-con dresses with body chains, low rise pants and references to Nineties style muses: Jennifer Lopez and Carrie Bradshaw. Jakubowski gave us everything from that era but with a touch of current trends, a straw hat was featured along with a black cut out dress. Touches of neon orange, acid green and hot pinks accents on cropped blouses on a parachute sportswear parka.

ASHLEY WILLIAMS

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This collection was far from normal, the originality of the garments draws in an audience of cool kids wanting to make a statement and tread between the line between good taste and bad. Tie-dye tack pants and sweaters emblazoned with ominous slogans including, “Where will you spend Eternity”. The darkly humorous mind of Ashley was translated onto her garments, newsprint motifs that covered sheer LBD’s and pudd-sleeved 1980’s-prom-style frocks. This season featuring a wider range of dressing options for girls who want to have fun.

Alexa Chung

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Retro wearables from Alexa Chung who showcased a collection inspired by herself, she has been trend-setter gracing the world for almost a decade, her effortless, preppy, Parisian style which took over Marks Spencer with her sell collaboration and now is leading the fashion world with her namesake label in 2017. Showcasing her style at a designer price point. Inspired by the limbo world of airport lounges this collection is a combination of holiday grabs and casual wear that people can slip on, the collection entitled “Arrivals and Departures”, it was a different type of runway, models alighted from Far-flung destinations via Chung’s fictional travel company “AC World Travel Inc” to a Claire de lune score. Caped trench coats, double breasted trouser suits, corduroy pinafores worn over shirts and satin slip dresses, every item looked like one already existing in Chung’s wardrobe. The collection featuring current street-style with a touch of the nineties and a seventies cut. Hawaiian prints and waist-costs with mustard-toned shirts bringing retro looks to the present.

PORTS 1961

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Ports 1961 gave us fringe dresses with large wooden beat as recurring accent, this helping to create a lightweight collection. Bright blue and yellow dresses with drawstring fastenings and macramé dresses that tailed off in long fringes. Everything was designed to look weightless, Cagali (creative director of Ports 1961) introduced little backless tops and stretch jersey shirt-dresses.

Molly goddard

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Molly Goddard took the idea of a Mediterranean vacation as the theme for her collection this season. Holiday vibes were rolling in from the start, the show opened with crisp black short shorts - not expected from Goddard who usually sticks to frothy tulle confections. She experimented with new fabrics and silhouettes giving her audience enough to be excited about. For spring 2019 she turned everyday fabrics like cotton-poplin and chiffon to create an easy-going, fuss free pieces ranging from loose tunics, tailored trousers to trench-coats. Frills added to hems of white cotton shirts or on bright polka-dot mini dresses, flowers appliquéd onto loose floral dresses ad blazers. The desirable summer dress can easily slot into everyone’s summer wardrobe, sequined mini dresses featuring polka-dot patterns in lilac and red shades. Floral mini dresses gave a nostalgic and vintage feel to her collection.

Halpern

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Harlpern mined the seventies and the disco era with silhouettes easily captured the YSL mini dress and Hepburn’s cigarette trousers. Multi-coloured multi-check ottoman with satin thread, screen printed. He moved away from his iconic sequin filled collections with a sprightly spirited theatre of Amazonian silhouettes with fabulous patterns, he did his part to move things on for his young brand.