LFW S/S 11 Highlight: Mary Katrantzou's Lampshade Skirts

With London Fashion Week A/W 11 almost upon us and therefore in the forefront on our minds (of course, like, when isn’t it!?), I have been thinking about my highlight from S/S 11. After thinking long and hard about this, there were several contenders to the London Fashion Week Swarowski jewelled crown.

The shortlist included Julien Macdonald’s sexy, sheer collection , the pure shock and hilarity of Janice Dickenson flashing at the LOVE Magazine party, Erdem’s picturesque open air theatre setting and his beautiful floral collection, the 70s revival at Giles and the Mary Katrantzou lampshade skirts.

The winner is...Mary Katrantzou’s lampshade skirts. Who would have thought that our favourite everyday household appliance could be transformed into this? Katrantzou mused: "With this collection, I wanted to put the room on the woman, rather than the woman in the room." Mary, we salute you!

Brian Reyes, S/S11

Here are some of my highlights from Brian Reyes, S/S 11 collection.
It is a beautiful collection, and like S/S 10, it includes some fabulous strong, block coloured, minimalist pieces juxtaposed with gorgeous prints.

This is my favourite look, the shorts and vest look amazing together!

What's your favourite look?

London Fashion Week S/S 11, Day Five

On day five at London Fashion Week I saw Clements Ribeiro and Issa London. The turnout for Clements was low with many front-row seats unfilled. The fashionistas were obviously feeling the effects of too many late night parties and early mornings.

I enjoyed Clements nonetheless and it was a welcome return back to the catwalk after five years away. The show included knits, floral prints and a spring colours, and I particularly liked the top knot hair.

Issa finished womenswear at London Fashion Week S/S 11 with a bang. The collection was full of jewel colours, draping, turbans, jeweled sandals and large earrings. The exotic inspired pieces were a roaring success!

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.