London Fashion Week Fall 2014-15: Highlights

Indubitably, London is our favourite week of fashion season. This is the capital where originality holds no bounds and where wildest imaginations are left to roam free.

It could be illusory and dreamlike or out of this world proportions or even just plain ‘ol black and white, this city has it all and does it right.

Though, every designer that shows in London is distinct in their own manner and fabulously so, there were certain commonalities that emerged over the week. From the colours to the silhouettes to fancy adornments on your dress, these are the looks you need to be seen in come Fall!

Geometry & Asymmetry

The runways were strewn with optical illusions whether through prints or shapes. Christopher Kane delivered an interesting display of intricate origami pleats across his dresses. If you didn’t look closer, you might think the dress was a thick book with its pages folding over – your eyes probably just got a work out!

Then we had designers who embraced the quirky asymmetric silhouette. Jonathan Saunders’s approach to asymmetry relied on alternating the shape of sleeves whereas Roksanda Illincic presented ensembles with varied skirt lengths and even a half-peplum and half-shift dress conjugation. You essentially get to wear two of your favourite pieces at once and not look like you messed up in the morning.

Blue is the new Black

So the verdict is here and it’s time to welcome a new colour into your lives – the bright and energizing blue that will add a nice pop to your outfit!

From the likes of Richard Nicoll to David Koma and Edeline Lee, the colour dominated runways. Although at other times, it was glorified in softer shades of blue by Topshop Unique, Michael van der Ham and Holly Fulton.

Embellished

London is never complete without its share of adornments in varied shapes and sizes. Erdem allowed his intricate embellishing genius to shine with refined subtlety whereas Mary Katrantzou’s manner of embellishment brought back a tinge of nostalgia.

Known for her intelligently designed digital prints, this season, her computer was switched off and instead made way for much visually pleasing embellishing work. We absolutely love the dresses stitched with chainmail and old school badges and crests that were reminiscent of uniformed occupations (butchers, policemen, soldiers). There’s a reason why she’s our favourite girl!

However, Julien MacDonald’s beautiful and stunning line-up of gowns was clearly the epitome of embellishment in its most opulent and decadent sense.

Printastic

Every season, there’s a debate on prints – are they here to stay or are they on their way out? Well, if the London designers are anything to go by, the print parade is going forward with full force and we’re absolute fans!

Peter Pilotto has been revered for his brilliant manner of clashing prints that the naysayer does not believe to belong but essentially it always works. This season, we loved the mountain peak motifs and repeated print of dancing cheerleaders – indeed, look closer and you would either see the cheerleaders or athletes.

Strewn with gadgets, hands, cogs and other tools were Holly Fulton’s Fall collection. The use of such stylized prints were clearly driven by an old school fascination with technology. Pairing the tools with softer, muted shades of blue, pink and beige brought out a sophisticated vibe that women would be yearning to emulate.

And of course we had Burberry Prorsum who brought a fresh look to the table with their painterly strokes of flowers across the entire collection. It was a bold move towards a folksier atmosphere and also completed the entire ‘painterly journey’ together with the men’s Fall collection.

For more fashion week coverage:

New York Fashion Week Fall 2014-15

Milan Fashion Week Fall 2014-15 

Paris Fashion Week Fall 2014-15

Tarandip Kaur