London Fashion Week…..finally

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So whilst reading this week’s Grazia I realised I had not posted my report on London Fashion Week. In between preparing lessons on Punk and trips to the park with my daughter one totally forgot!! whoops

So here goes……..I was dissapointed to see how small Esthetica was this season I missed Lu Flux and Minna – hope you guys are doing well.

I loved Michelle Lowe Holder’s accessories and was vexcited to hear she will be relaunching her womenswear next season – her prints were always a favourite of mine. My ethical love was Christopher Raeburn macs made from recycled fabrics I have wanted one for a while. I loved this blue as pictured from the new collection.

Trends wise I think we are all going to be ‘blooming lovely’ next Summer in pastel florals head to toe. Mary Katrantzou showed a fabulous floral collection with a catwalk made of flowers – what a novel idea just hope they were not all flown in specially!! Her pieces were outstanding.

Christopher Kane’s collection brought tears to my eyes, his fabrics were breathtaking – what a genius. Every season he manages to WOW.

Well done London……no over to Milano.

NYFW recap, Students, Lu Flux preview and LFW here we come……

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EDUN SS12

SUNO SS12

 

LU FLUX SS12

I always get excited when Fashion Week’s starts it reminds me of my past jobs when I was lucky enough to cover London Fashion Week for the Neiman Marcus store group. Now working as a Fashion lecturer I have been excited to see how enthralled my students are about the shows the collections and of course the celebrities.

I personally LOVE the NYFW collections and am always impressed with Marc Jacobs, and am always keen to see new names on the block and the new CFDA talent. My personal passion for sustainability and ethically produced lines always draws me to collections that fall into this catergory.

With this in mind my favourite has to EDUN – what’s not to love, a label that has grown from strength to strength now supporting 6  factories across Africa and boasting an A list front row any designer would dream of. Guests included Michael Stipe, Helena Christensen, Courtney Love, Sting and wife Trudi, Orlando Bloom, and Bono and wife Ali Hewson. I LOVED the bold African prints mixed with soft denim tones and jackets crafted from hemp recycled poly gabardine – luxury sustainable clothes at their very best.

Another line I have fallen in love with is SUNO, since last season, Max Osterweis and Erin Beatty the designer’s behind SUNO have been nominated for the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund award. I just love the use of bold print, the confidence in each outfit, how they mix print and fabrics. I would love to own every piece of this collection and have done since I first saw it online…

So with New York drawing to a close will we see more athletic shapes/fabrics, bold print/colour and tribal references……so LONDON what next? I will be checking out Esthetica on Saturday and are looking forward to seeing new talent and checking out Lu Flux’s collection always a fave..

More to follow next week…..

Images Vogue.com and LU FLUX

 

no longer a shop

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You may have noticed that we are no longer a shop,……it has been a tough balancing act but due to time constraints I have decided to not run the site as a retail outlet – for the moment! The site will still support its designers and will feature posts on new collections, collaborations and any promotions that are worth checking out.

Over the past 6 years when compiling the site I have spent many hours researching, reading up on varying ethical subjects and feel it is time to share some of this information with our subscribers and followers on Twitter.

Do keep following and watch this space!

Madeleine
www.ecobtq.com