Beautiful knits.....

Burberry and Iceberg.

S/S Trends....

Season of the coat...

Even though it's S/S 11 coats were a main feature in many of the catwalk collections including Alexander Mcqueen, Issey Miyake, Dries Van Noten, Paul Smith and Lavin to name but afew. But when it comes to the trench nobody does it better than Burberry with beautiful, masculine tailoring and stunning shades of greens and camels, it's by far Christopher Bailey's best collection yet.

S/S Palettes....

S/S 11 seems to have a cloud over the main colour palette with a wash of greys and more blacks then usual it defiantly a dark trend for the summer season.

Afew brighter Colours have shone through the mix of greys however, it seems acid blues are a hit with Prada, Pringle and Feline.

Prints and trends of S/S 11....

   
The artist....with designers like James Long, Dries Van Noten and Kenzo all adopting this whimsical, salvaged look it brings out the care-free, poetic feel to next season. With acid colours and spontaneous print, it will defiantly be strong come summer.

  Half cut....New Power Studio, Marni, Kenzo and Martine Rose's collections have featured this trend of block cuts and colour cutting the body in half. Its a sharp style staple and with it filling the catwalks its an simple but effective summer look.

Paris Fashion Week S/S 11

John Galliano....

John Galliano's Collections are always a spectacle and S/S 11 is no different, styled as Charlie Chaplin models clambered out of a huge clock set. With a somewhat dark side of dandyism each model seemed to digress from Chaplin with dropped-crotch trousers and shrunken jackets and bowler hats to a more luxe three piece suited parisian gentleman, donning porkpie hats. As always from Galliano a surreal collection with immaculate tailoring and amazing imagination.

Paris Fashion Week S/S 11

Viktor & Rolf....

Viktor & Rolf's S/S 11 'Monsieur Collection' is a capture of 1940's seaside glamour, deriving shadows, cast by the sun or artificial lighting from film sets as subtle details in this collection. Tight tuxedo jackets added with crystal-decorated lapels and belted waists brought through the streamline elegance of the 1940's stars. And the trademark Viktor & Rolf glasses printed on jumpers added their quirkiness which I love.    

Paris Fashion Week S/S 11

John Varvatos....

John Varvatos S/S 11 collection inspired by the documentary 'Exile on Main Street' not so much necessarily basing it on the band the Rolling Stones but more about the rock 'n' roll  leaving the city which added a dandy-esque style to the outfits. Grey being the initially colour palette changing towards a subtle mixture of light blue, khaki and green.

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Paris Fashion Week S/S 11

Lanvin....

Lanvin's S/S 11 collection had quite a wintery feel, a focus on coats with over sized and reconstructed lapels and collars,  each one having plenty of zips and detachable bits for the transition from spring to summer. With beautiful body tight knitwear and chunky neck jewellery, the collection was predominately black though select colours of aqua blues, greens and yellows used added an impact which immersed you instantly. Alber Elbaz and Lucas Ossendrijver looked at layering and texture thoughout the collection "when you have the texture in front of you, you want to touch it and thats when it becomes emotional. And the texture in the patch-worked jackets did indeed make the clothing beautifully tactile. 

Love the greens from the snake skin shoes picked out shown through in the constructed jackets.

Comme des Garcons....

Some of my favourite S/S prints from Comme des Garcons...

   








Alexis Mabille....

....Reference image for Alexis Mabille S/S11
Alexis Mabille's S/S 11 Collection was inspired by the story about 'a man lost in the quiet brightness of summertime in a Hamiltonian world, a mirage. A cloud of lightness and volumetric movement, the body is free and shaded from the Sahara wind. You definitely got that image by looking at the models styling which was inspired by the painting from David Hamilton. The clothes seemed to have a lot of sporty jersey elements mixed with more tailored pieces. On the whole it had a quiet and comfortable wearability with a poetry of floating light fabrics.

Milan Fashion Week. S/S 11.

Missoni....

Rustic knits from Missoni S/S 11 collection, with plays on proportion and intricate strip design, Angela Missoni compared the many layers of her new menswear collection to layers of memories and souvenirs of a more artisanal era.

Milan Fashion Week. Pringle of scotland S/S 11.

Out of the Blue....

With beautiful, billowy silhouettes and a stunning palette of blues which was inspired by the film 'blue' by Derek Jarman, Pringle of Scotland's S/S 11 collection really stood out to me. It was quietly innovative as cotton shirting was shredded and knitted into the same cable on one piece an effect that isn't instantly noticed until seen close up, creating both visually stunning pieces and all entirely wearable. The idea from Creative Director, Clare Waight Keller being 'to completely deconstruct the fabrication of classic menswear pieces such as the trench, the jean and the shirt and reconstruct them in fresh, new and inventive ways'. Pringle are constantly pushing the experimental capabilities of knitwear and I greatly look forward to next seasons collection.

Tilda Swinton Stillimage from film Blue by the Derek Jarmen

Milan Fashion Week. S/S 11.

Marni...

 

Marni's S/S menswear, I love the simplisity and sharpness of the silhouette with short over long layering.






Alexander McQueen....
McQueen's SS 11 Collection, the new creative director and, since 2000, the head of design for womenswear, Sarah Burton, showed her first menswear collection for the house. It was a fluid and seamless execution of jackets, either second skin suiting, belted washed black leather or loose long fitting coats. A red and gold brocade coat stood out beautifully, however I loved the stained shadow shirt which had a charm and quirkiness which represents McQueen.

Vogue Italia April 2010......crochet crazy

Emma Summerton for Vogue Italia - featuring Marjan Pejoski. I love the eclectic collection of pattern and crochet furnishings. Reminds me of the William Gedney photography used in the JW Andersons S/S 11 Collection....

 

OCCURING TRENDS......from NY and LFW

Looking at collections from NY and London fashion week, there are some visible trends showing through.....

He wears short shorts...

Designers like, Martina Rose, Topman, Marc Jacobs and Yigal Aerouel have all chosen boyish silhouettes, cut at the thighs with deep pockets the look is very nostalgic and all have similiar palettes of greens and camels which have featured alot throughout most of the menswear collections.

Hold up.......

As this seasons trousers get bigger and baggier, statement belts and braces have feautured heavily on the catwalk also translating through to the style on the streets.

Boy, necklace.....

This is one summer trend I love, beautiful accesseries have come out from Christopher Shannon, Robert Geller and New Power Studio shows, replacing the usual neck suspects like ties and bow ties, necklaces have de-formalized and added an subtle, summer edge.

Hatters.....

   

LFW S/S 11. Christopher Shannon.

Staycation.....

Christopher Shannon's S/S11 collection dubbed 'staycation' was inspired by a varity of holidays that he had never got to go on, both sporty and nostalgic. With a witty camouflage print and beautiful accesseries the collection had an cool, ethic vibe which was enthusized by reggie beats that were blasted down the catwalk. I love the infusion of techo mesh trims and nylons that brings sportwears back to into fashion. 

 Best bit has to be the beautiful neck satchel, love it!.....

LFW S/S 11. JW Anderson.

JW Anderson is a designer I have only recently discovered and his S/S 11 collection about a boy and girl falling in love and running away to take a road-trip across America makes me love this romantic anarchist collection even more. With beautiful florals and patchworked trousers it has the sense of salvage, saving and borrowing clothes. JW Anderson used the 'honesty' of William Gedney's photography as the starting point to his collection. Even the accessories of spike collars mixed with floral scarfs and leather boots with encrusted swarovski crystal toecaps all add to the poetic rebel image portrayed in the clothing.

  

LOVE LOVE LOVE JW ANDERSON'S BOOTS. IN MY OPINION ALL SHOES NEED ABIT OF SWAROVSKI'S AND TASSELS.

  A William Gedney photograph.