Spring/Summer Fashion Week 2016 Trends – London Edition
Just because it is the second city on the fashion tour and the shortest of all the fashion weeks doesn’t mean London doesn’t pack quite a punch of show stopping moments during Fashion Month. All that eccentricity, audacity and ingenuity grants London with a certain swagger. A swagger that proves London is not only an unstoppable force in the fashion world, but a city that personifies the cornerstone of fashion today – directional and forward thinking creativity. That concept revealed itself in the artistic and innovative collections of London’s finest – Peter Pilotto, Burberry Prorsum, Mary Katrantzou, Erdem, Christopher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, Emilia Wickstead, JW Anderson, Simone Rocha, to name a few. Shows brimming with as many dynamic and arrestingly dramatic looks as there were refined and quietly elegant moments. And that notion is the essence, the character, the ethos of London Fashion Week.
Tied and True – We saw it in NYFW, but naturally London designers put their British touch on it. Secured to the ends of sleeves, looped as a belt, knotted as a scarf, tied to a dress or neatly done up in a proper bow across shoulders, the ribbon train just keeps going.
Print the Block – Color blocking is nothing new, in fact some would argue it’s been around for so long that it’s part of our normal styling tricks. But this season, the update became coordinating opposite motifs to create a look that connotes demure elegance, modern magpie or quirky chic.
All Linear Motives – We were quite literally reading between the lines during LFW. From mesh strips to printed lines to asymmetric ruffled cuts to glittered dusted stripes to tiered lace layers, designers were thinking in a certain vertical for spring.
Ruffled Up – Perhaps the most feminine trend to come out of LFW was the barrage of ruffles all over the catwalks. Simone Rocha, JW Anderson, Erdem, Mary Katrantzou and Peter Pilotto amped up their looks with ruffled details, ranging from voluminous waterfall styles to miniature diagonal arrangements.
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