The Leftovers: London Fashion Week FW12

For the first season in quite some time, the story in London closely followed the one that was told on the New York runways. The Lady and all of her barely hidden darkness and sensuality could be found everywhere. The touch of youthful rebellion that so often makes an appearance during the London season all but faded away.

At Todd Lynn

At Daks

At Emilia Wickstead

At Marios Schwab

At Nicole Farhi

At McQ

Peplums still made the occasional appearance.

At Antonio Berardi

At Burberry Prorsum

At David Koma

The fabrics of choice were still those of the deeper, heavier variety. The leathers, the velvets, and the furs.

At Richard Nicoll

At Belstaff

At Todd Lynn

At Paul Smith

At Marios Schwab

At Burberry Prorsum

And the dominant colors were still of the red wine variety.

At Emilia Wickstead

At McQ

At Mother of Pearl

At Pringle of Scotland

At Paul Smith

The somewhat off message blanket coats that littered the New York shows also appeared across the Atlantic in every iteration from the vague suggestion to the literal interpretation.

At Pringle of Scotland

At Thomas Tait

At Mulberry

At Daks

At Zoe Jordan

Yet for all of that falling in step and toeing the line, London was, as always, full of the prints and patterns that the houses that show there handle so deftly. 

At Erdem

At Issa

At Peter Pilotto

At Matthew Williamson

At Holly Fulton

At Jonathan Saunders

At House of Holland

So maybe the youthful rebellion didn’t completely vanish.


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