Clea Silk, Liz Cox, Yull, Thelma West Diamonds and MS.SVG tap into the bold SS14 catwalk trend with an assortement of block brights and crayola coloured accessories.
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Hardlyeverwornit.com & Donna Air Host UNICEF Fundraising Halloween Party Dorchester
A favourite of celebrities and fashionistas who wish to recycle and refresh their wardrobes, hardlyeverwornit.com, the London based platform for the international buying and selling of previously owned luxury fashion, hosted an exclusive event with UNICEF as beneficiary. Sponsored by Santander the event, held on Wednesday 30th October, from 6.30 – 10pm, in the Penthouse & Pavilion Suite of The Dorchester Hotel, hardlyeverwornit.com client, Donna Air, co-hosted the event with guests including: Anya Garnis, Harold Tillman, Ivetta Lukosuite, Kamailya Zahoor, Kate Hardcastle, Kimberley Garner, Laura Wright,Lizzie Cundy, Nancy Dell’Olio, Nitin Ganatara, Noelle Reno, Patrick Grant and Stuart Higgins
Nancy Dell’Olio and Kamailya Zahoor
Donna Air and Sharon Wolter-Ferguson
Kimberley Garner
Attendees of the event brought hardly ever worn garments from their closets which will be auctioned online from Wednesday, November 13th, for 5 days, with all proceeds going to Unicef. Donations so far include those listed below, with more being added daily:
Kimberley Garner: Halston Heritage Evening Dress
Emma Logue: The Logue Dress
Nancy Dell’Olio: Roberto Cavalli Dress
Patrick Grant: Hermes Tie
Laura Wright: T by Alexander Wang Evening Dress
Peter Crouch: Signed Shirt and Meet and Greet with Abbey Clancey
Preeya Kalidas: DSQUARED Dress
Noelle Reno: Lulu’s Estate, Platinum and Diamond Stud Earrings
David Sheehan: Hermes Tie and Vivienne Westwood Dress
Patricia Erskine: An original Planet Hollywood Leather Jacket, a gift to her from Sylvester Stallone and Bruce Willis
This is in addition to items previously donated for the auction, including:
Harry Styles: SS14 leopard print top, worn to the Burberry show in September, and since unwashed
Harold Tillman: 2002 Burton England football suit signed by all the team members including David Beckham
Donna Air: Beige Burberry dress
Chloe Green: Black Yves Saint Laurent dress
Ronnie Wood: Signed shirt with his hand drawn music notes on the collar and cuffs
Jo Wood: Sequin Gucci minidress
Jenson Button: Signed 2013 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes team shirt
Kamaliya Zahoor: The Diane Von Furstenberg dress she wore in the ‘Meet the Russians’ campaign shoot
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KTZ SS14 London Fashion Week 2013
British designers KTZ had a definite Middle Eastern vibe going down the catwalk. Some of it was great, others- like their burka inspired outfits- were more controversial. Guest on the front and second row also got some Argan oil. The middle east trend spreading in the UK has definitely reached our wardrobes.
Sorry for the quality of the photos, a video will be up soon. Unfortunately I managed to cut my hand just as we were ushered to our seats!
Vanessa G Launches her SS14 Collection: Olivia Inge and Noelle Reno Attend.
Vanessa G heralds the launch of her Spring Summer 2014 collection at the Arts Club, Dover Street
Noelle Reno wearing a dress from the Vanessa G AW13 collection, with the designer – Vanessa Gounden, Olivia Inge wearing a trench coat from Vanessa G SS14
Fashion International
Fashion International is an event that champions up and coming labels and gives a platform to young talent. It is held every fashion week along side the more established designers
This year the show was held at Charing Cross Hotel in Holborn. Press and buyers were seated in the suite around a circular catwalk in the Betjeman Suite. The designers showing this year for the SS14 show the designers were Wajahat Mirza, AGA, Yuvna Kim ,Dee Duce and Gianni Lilliu.
The designer who really stood out from the crowd was Yuvna Kim. Her esquiste evening gowns, which caused the audience to gasp, are beautifully made and are embroidered with crystals,beads and pearls. What was so special about this collection was not only the way it was made, but that the fabrics were sheer leaving the models half naked,revealing their bodies under neither or nude underwear. This could have gone horribly wrong, but Kim manages to make the dresses elegant, sophisticated and sexy all at the same time.
Dress by Yuvna Kim
Dress by Yuvna Kim
Dress by Yuvna Kim
Dress by Yuvna Kim
Other favorite looks were from Gianni Lilliu collection , which celebrates the female for and draws from the sculpt David Begbie’s studies of steel and bronze mesh. In particular a gold and black baby dolls dress stood out, as well as the silhouettes and clean lines he managed to create with some great fabrics and materials throughout the collection.
Dress by Gianni Lilliu
Playsuit by Gianni Lilliu
Dress by Gianni Lilliu
Dress by Gianni Lilliu
Wajahat Mirza’s collection which was based on exotic birds also had some beautiful colourful and wearable evening gowns.
![Dress by Majahat a]](https://www.frostmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/image-7-e1379341927724.jpeg "Dress by Wajahat Mirza")
Sadly the thing that let down the show was the some of the too skinny models, which not only is a bad image to promote in the first place but it ruined the effect of the clothes, and instead of falling of the body as evening wear should it hung of them and didn’t show the clothes to their highest potential.
It is always good to see an events that champions young designers and Fashion International does it very well, putting on exiting events where the audience has a chance to mingle, meet the desingers and see some of the looks up close after the show over a glass of champagne.
Find out more about Fashion International here:
http://www.fashioninternational.co.uk
Liz Black SS14
“Perceive / Deceive” – the title of Liz Black’s Spring Summer 2014 presentation. A title that evokes mystery and wonder and invites the audience to make their own perceptions of the collection (or so the show notes tell me).
When first entering Black’s presentation room, I wasn’t quite sure what to make of it; just two models stood still next to sharp white structures while mannequins were spread around the room wearing different pieces of the collection; at the end of the room, a projector shone onto a white wall revealing snippets of models showing off looks from behind a screen – not something I’d experienced before. But then that’s the beauty of presentations – it’s a chance for designers to showcase their hard work in an environment that a runway might not allow, a chance to create an entirely new conceptual experience.
Going back to the title, Black’s collection was inspired by the optical artist Jesus Rafael Soto and the conceptual world of Venezuelan Kinetic “where you are invited to form your own personal perception of colour, line and touch”. Using these inspirations, Black created geometrical looks using bold colours of cobalt blue, greens and greys on structured materials with strong silhouettes.
Stand out pieces included an all-blue shorts and leather jacket suit with hair wildly quiffed at the front with a flash of cobalt blue smeared across the eyes. However, the most intriguing looks on show were structured dresses with black and white striped panels and flashes of either blue or yellow with 3D scaffolding-like structures.
The geometric features within the collection along with the sharp architectural setting of the room worked together to create the perfect showcase of Black’s optical concepts and inspirations. Although a little mystifying at first, I can’t help but feel that Black’s choice of presentation suited her collection perfectly, as a catwalk just wouldn’t have done it justice. For this collection, context was everything.
Eugene Lin SS14
Taking a step-back from his loud digital prints from last season, Eugene Lin has focussed his latest collection on clean, structured pattern-cutting with inspiration being drawn from Valkyries of Norse mythology.
A runway show full of pure whites, loud colour pops and immaculate pattern-cutting, Lin’s showcase was a complete set of outfits that anyone could pull straight from the catwalk and make their own. From neat high-waisted trousers and mid-length skirts to structured strapless dresses and a precision-cut orange jacket worn with nothing underneath, each piece spoke for itself.
But while the whole collection was stunning, a few pieces really stole the show. The first look to appear from behind the white walls at the Fashion Scout hall was a stunning crisp white t-shirt and pleated mini skirt combination; clean, elegant and chic. While a more vibrant pumpkin orange shift dress with structured, boxy skirt and side pockets on precision cut fabric took the dress to a whole new level of sophistication. However, more detailed pieces were sent down the runway in the form of sharp black jackets and trouser suits featuring feather prints which were inspired by the wings of a Valkyrie – female spirits of battle who could transform into swans.
This season Lin presented a showcase of deluxe ready-to-wear pieces that would make any woman proud to adorn; he is going from strength to strength and we love his direction.
(Image: Yahoo.com)
Turkish Designer Bora Aksu Launches London Fashion Week
“NAZAR”
Spring/Summer 2014
Celebrating 10 years at London Fashion Week this year has spurred Bora Aksu to look back to his Turkish homeland and its rich, colourful and diverse culture. His spring/summer 2014 collection has been inspired by his childhood memories of there, memories that have had such a big influence on him.
Although Bora’s childhood memories of Turkey are still as magical today as when they were first played out, as Bora spent more and more time in London and travelled the world their uniqueness and richness has become more valuable to him. The long, hot summer days spent on the Aegean coast are the most prominent recollections that Bora draws on for this season’s inspiration. Long stretches of white sand, bobbing fishing boats, sun-faded houses with lush gardens and hidden village markets are the happy times that give his spring/summer collection a less melancholic feel than has been his signature to date.
Bora Aksu explains: “When I realised that this would be my tenth year at London Fashion Week, it struck me how long it has been since I left Turkey to come to study in the UK. It propelled me to reminisce and look back at my roots. I felt that I wanted to re-ignite the passion coming from the rich culture and traditional artistry of Turkey that had inspired me in the first place.”
Bora Aksu says of his new collection: ‘I’m delighted to have worked with the Turkish Ministry of Culture & Tourism as official sponsor for this London Fashion Week show. After 10 years showing in London it’s been great to go back to my roots and be inspired by the rich culture and traditional artistry of Turkey. I hope the show will inspire people to explore Turkey and discover the amazing gems it has to offer.’
The patterns and textures of the Iznik tiles that adorn the show invite have been re-created using traditional handwoven Turkish textiles incorporated into pencil skirts, dresses, cropped jackets and boleros.
Layering continues to be key, with geometric laces over silk tulles and chiffons or used as sheer panels against quilted cotton for added texture in skirts and dresses. Hand crochets produced in Izmir create accents across the collection.
Classic shapes have been contrasted with summer shorts and knitted tees while plastinated cottons update the traditional feel.
The colour palette for the collection began with the traditional ‘nazar boncuk’ or ‘evil eye bead’. Worn in Turkey to ward off evil, legend says that if one should break it is a sign that you have been saved from a great misfortune. Traditionally made from a disc of blue glass, it is this protective colour of the evil eye that dominates the collection. Off-whites also play a key role keeping the collection light before bold injections of bright yellows and fuchsia are introduced, reminding Bora of the long hot summers that he so enjoyed.
“This collection has been incredibly personal for me” Bora Aksu says “It’s been fantastic to have the support from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism and to take this first step in highlighting a land I am so passionate about and connected to. I hope the show will inspire people to explore the rich culture and traditional artistry that Turkey has to offer.”