Lulu Kennedy is a genius......for me this sums up the calibre of the Fashion East's 10th Anniversary show.
Unfortunately I got the worst view I could get so I ended up having to have a better look at the collection on the internet.
HEIKKI SALONEN
'Jeremy'
This is Salonen's second collection for Fashion East- last time it was a lot darker and grungy. This time he took a slightly lighter take on his aesthetic for SS 2011.
The 2 inspirations are Native Americans and late 80's early 90's skateboarding- conjuring up an image of oversized clothing and loose t-shirts over long sleeved shirts. The overall feel to the collection was very masculine.
Fabrics were harsh and rough,such as hessians with ripped, raw edges. I especially loved the simple hessian dress with the frills emerging from a slash at the hip- adding much needed fragility to the collection.
Colours were bleeched out and muted. The clothes looked like they had been well worn and loved.
FELICITY BROWN
'Raw yet refined...'
I can't deny that the dresses Brown produced were so elegant and beautifully made, but to me it wasn't groundbreaking. The inspiration came from paintings by Marlene Dumas, 1930's films and Pierre Bonnard's work. 1930's bohemia, but with a clean modernity.
SIMONE ROCHA
Daughter of John Rocha, no less. Her collection was definitely the most innovative. I loved her minimalist tailoring. The transparent layers, carefully gathers under more and more layers gave a structured but a light feminine touch.
Inspirations included Francis Bacon and Mark Borthwick's photography. Paintings of washed out layers, transparency and over-exposure. Garments are deconstructed to reveal layers beneath- breaking up the solidity of such masculine silhouettes.
I'm sure we'll see a lot more from them in the very near future.
Laura
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All photographs by Laura @ SpoonfedStyle
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