Thursday, 23 October 2014
Marie Claire: Best London Fashion Week Moments Ever
Link: http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/blogs/547302/london-fashion-week-why-the-capital-always-rocks.html
London Fashion Week, You're Amazing. Here Are Your Best Ever Moments...
As London Fashion Week passes its 30th anniversary, Marie Claire takes a look back at some of the most fascinating, memorable and iconic LFW moments ever…
30 years on from its debut at a 'car park' in Olympia, London Fashion Week is still a breeding ground for the world’s boldest and most cutting-edge designers. London has always supported the unconventional and eccentric, from Alexander McQueen to Vivienne Westwood and a new guard of talents including Simone Rocha and Christopher Kane, shows that reputation has no signs of waning .
Prince, the ever allusive Kiss singer, put on a surprise performance for Matthew Williamson’sSpring/Summer 2008 show, celebrating both Williamson’s 10th year as a designer as well as his return to London.
And it's not all about the clothes, either. From pop icons walking the runway (hello Prince), to surprise star turn outs at a graduate's first show (remember when Kate Moss modelled for Stella McCartney's debut?!), you can always count on LFW to surprise an audience.
As the fash pack get ready to take over the capital once again, we chart the most fascinating, memorable and iconic LFW moments…
Introducing... Vivienne Westwood
Okay, so technically this was pre-London Fashion Week (as it was named in 1984), but this woman didn’t really care; it was 1981. A punk-collaboration made in heaven, Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren showcased their first catwalk presentation at Olympia, London - aptly named ‘Pirate’. An explosive set of theatrical play, historical styling and explosion of music. This collection was wild and creative; a turning point for Brit-fashion.
The One Where Victoria Beckham Was A Catwalk Model
In the post-Spice Girls, pre-fashion designer years, Victoria Beckham was mostly known for being married to one of the hottest footballers on the planet. In 2001, shortly after marrying David and just before embarking on that solo singing career, Posh Spice made her catwalk debut on Maria Grachvogel’s runway…
Stella McCartney’s Graduation Show, Guest Starring… Kate Moss
Her dad is rock royalty and her BFF is a supermodel. Kate Moss’s catwalk appearance at her mate Stella McCartney’s Central Saint Martins graduation show caused a media storm in 1995.
That Sophie Dahl dress
Labeled as the first ‘plus size’model - Sophie Dahl, makes her modeling debut at London Fashion Week in 1997, modeling knitwear by Lainey Keogh.
Hat Hero
Philip Treacy’s wacky and ever-innovative hats epitomise British eccentricity.
The Revolutionary - Alexander McQueen
Known as one of fashions greats; Brit designer Lee Alexander McQueen showed his S/S 1994 Collection in 1993, called ‘Nihilism’. His catwalk show at Bluebird garage in Chelsea, was the first time the British Fashion Council sponsored a new talent section.
Pop Icon Takeover
Prince, the ever allusive Kiss singer, put on a surprise performance for Matthew Williamson’sSpring/Summer 2008 show, celebrating both Williamson’s 10th year as a designer as well as his return to London.Marie Claire: Interview with Holly Fulton
Link: http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion/547138/q-a-designer-holly-fulton-talks-wine-her-ss15-collection-and-joan-collins.html
It’s a very intense time for us over the next few weeks and we do quite lengthy hours but the more things that come back and you see how they’ve turned out, the more you want to stay late.
What can we expect to see from your SS15 collection?
We’re doing a different silhouette to what we did last season and a bit more of a return to form in terms of use of colour. It’s quite a departure for us and we’ve got quite a few key techniques in there, which I’m a bit nervous about. One particular set is quite risky and we won’t find out whether it’s doable until a week before the show so we might have to do a last minute reshuffle if it doesn’t!
How would you describe your personal style?
Borderline bad taste. I like things that are quite garish. I’m not really a shy, retiring type when it comes to dress and I’ve always been obsessed with things that match.
Which celebrity would you love to dress?
Joan Collins! She would be my ideal. Nobody would see that coming.
So how did the collaboration with Echo Falls come about?
Read more at http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion/547138/q-a-designer-holly-fulton-talks-wine-her-ss15-collection-and-joan-collins.html#eRw52sX8qjS8l0Tg.99
Holly Fulton Spills The Beans On Her SS15 Collection, Joan Collins And Wine
Brit designer Holly Fulton is not only transforming our wardrobe with her trademark graphic prints, she’s now jazzing up our wine bottles, too. You can find Fulton’s designs (inspired by her past collections) on Echo Falls limited edition range, which she's developed with them.
We caught up with Holly to talk about her own style, celebrity dressing and what we can expect from her SS15 collection next month…
First things first, are you all set for London Fashion Week next month?
It’s a very intense time for us over the next few weeks and we do quite lengthy hours but the more things that come back and you see how they’ve turned out, the more you want to stay late.
What can we expect to see from your SS15 collection?
We’re doing a different silhouette to what we did last season and a bit more of a return to form in terms of use of colour. It’s quite a departure for us and we’ve got quite a few key techniques in there, which I’m a bit nervous about. One particular set is quite risky and we won’t find out whether it’s doable until a week before the show so we might have to do a last minute reshuffle if it doesn’t!
How would you describe your personal style?
Borderline bad taste. I like things that are quite garish. I’m not really a shy, retiring type when it comes to dress and I’ve always been obsessed with things that match.
Which celebrity would you love to dress?
Joan Collins! She would be my ideal. Nobody would see that coming.
So how did the collaboration with Echo Falls come about?
Fashion East, who I had worked closely with at the start of my career, put me in touch with them. As a designer it is very exciting to work on products that aren’t clothing based. I wanted to capture the best of what we do with the best of Echo Falls, taking signature looks from our past seasons and putting them on the bottles.
What’s your top hangout?
My favourite ever bar is Kay’s Bar in Edinburgh. It’s a very small, old fashioned bar where lots of Georgian lawyers used to drink in. It’s very tiny and not particularly fashiony and that’s why I like it. It’s where I can retreat back to and have a heartfelt drink with old friends every time that I go back to Scotland.
Read more at http://www.marieclaire.co.uk/news/fashion/547138/q-a-designer-holly-fulton-talks-wine-her-ss15-collection-and-joan-collins.html#eRw52sX8qjS8l0Tg.99
Financial Times: 3D Printed Hats
Article link: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/b8920acc-f08a-11e3-b112-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3H0ddcBpR
Boffin tops
London-based hat designer Gabriela Ligenza has launched a pioneering collection of 3D-printed hats, writes Emma Firth. Her range of five sculptural and surreal designs – which wouldn’t look out of place at this month’s Venice Biennale of Architecture – arose from her desire to “create contemporary pieces that can be architectural but don’t dwarf the wearer”.
Ligenza, a trained architect, says her hats “stretch the boundaries of art”. 3D printing, she argues, is not in competition with hand-crafting: “It just allows us to create something that we otherwise couldn’t manually.”
The finished form is the result of a collaboration between Ligenza, a scholar in mathematical art and a 3D modeller for the fashion industry. First, Ligenza sketches a design, which is digitally turned into three dimensions by a modeller before it is sent to print. With the chosen material in a tray, a laser fuses the contours of the object. Once cooled, the loose material is removed and the solid structure is revealed underneath. This can then be painted, dyed and finished.
Each piece is intended to attract attention, from an innovative bowl-shaped hat formed by the words from ASJ Tessimond’s poem “Day Dream”, to representations of forms found in nature. Ligenza says big events like Ascot would be perfect – “unlike a wedding, where you don’t want to outshine the protagonist”.
3D printing offers milliners the potential to create hats or other fashion accessories that have “the same core designs, but which are individualised for each particular customer”, says Professor Stephen Hoskins, an expert in 3D printing.
Great British Racing, the marketing arm of British horseracing, has just commissioned Ligenza’s poem hat, swapping the original words for those of the 2014 Royal Ascot poem.
So have the seeds been planted for more 3D-printed headgear? Leading British milliner Stephen Jones says he’s keen to “explore the world of tiaras and objects for the head by using 3D printing techniques”. It would enable designers to make mass-customised items that can be tailored to the individual without adding extra cost to the manufacturing process. Printing is eco-friendly too. Instead of shipping her hats around the world, Ligenza says, “if I have a customer in Australia, I can send her a file and she can have it printed in situ”.
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