London Fashion Week S/S 11, Day Three

On day three at London Fashion Week S/S 11 I saw the Mary Katrantzou, Julien Macdonald, Antonio Berardi and Richard Nicoll shows which were all stunning.

Mary Katrantzou kicked off the day at the old Eurostar terminal in Waterloo station, the most incredible venue with an arched glass exterior and high ceilings. The acoustics were great for the upbeat catwalk tunes.

Backstage at Mary Katrantzou:

Mary was inspired by interiors for this collection and designed the infamous lampshade skirt which I loved! For those fond of Katrantzou’s prints they were not let down, the show was full of her signature bright graphic prints.

Next, was Julien Macdonald which I almost missed completely, so I snuck in the back and watched the models snake round the rows of fashionistas. It was quite possibly my favourite show from the week – super sexy! Take a look at the video for it in action.

Antonio Berardi gave us an elegant and romantic collection. My favourite moment was when the opening bars of the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory song ‘Pure Imagination’ were played just before the models walked – pure nostalgia!

Finally, the day finished with fashion favourite Richard Nicoll. I spied Hannah Marshall sneaking in late to gain a front row view. Nicholl was inspired by ‘minimal glamour’ and boldly stated after the show: ‘What we sell is dresses’. Keep them coming!

London Fashion Week Highlights

With Paris Fashion Week done and dusted, it marks the end of the S/S 11 international fashion weeks. From the hundreds of shows we have seen several strong trends emerge from stripes to seventies, prints to neon brights.

I attended London Fashion Week this year and it is the home of the young, daring, and exciting designer, and we saw that with neon brights from Christopher Kane, a seventies retro collection from House of Holland and an interior inspired show from Mary Katrantzou.

Christopher Kane neon brights, S/S 11.

House of Holland seventies style, S/S 11.

Mary Katrantzou interior inspired, S/S 11.

It’s hard to pick my favourite show of the week but amongst my highlights were Mary Katrantzou’s lampshade skirt, Holly Fulton’s geometric prints, ISSA’s jewel colours, Julien Macdonald’s super-sexy sheer dresses and Erdem’s incredible al fresco show space, making it a fantastic week!

Mary Katrantzou lampshade skirt, S/S 11.

Holly Fulton geometric prints, S/S 11.

ISSA jewel colours, S/S 11.

Julien Macdonald super sexy sheer dresses, S/S 11.

Erdem al fresco show space, S/S 11.