The Leftovers: London Fashion Week SS14

This was another season in which London hewed closely to New York. It's always a bit of a surprise to see the major trends of the season feature so heavily in these collections instead of skipping lightly over the city and landing in Milan. But maybe the world is shrinking in new ways.

The London collections are rarely, if ever, what one would call minimal. And yet that very New York feeling made its way into many of the clothes that were presented across the pond.

At Osman

At Thomas Tait

At Joseph

At Richard Nicoll

At J JS Lee

At Lucas Nascimento

Most of the minimal looks continued to be found in the colors set to dominate next spring and summer.

The classic blacks.

At Lucas Nascimento

At Preen

At Vivienne Westwood Red Label

At Roksanda Ilincic

At Christopher Kane

At David Koma

At Antonio Berardi

And the clean whites.

At JW Anderson

At John Rocha

At L’Wren Scott

At Thomas Tait

At Christopher Kane

At Preen

At Peter Jensen

At Isa Arfen

And as before, the two were also mixed.

At Todd Lynn

At Paul Smith

At Antonio Berardi

At Zoe Jordan

At David Koma

At Joseph

But there are traits inherent in all of us that can't be hidden away. Although that seasonless, minimal mood thoroughly infiltrated the London collections, the prints and patterns couldn't be silenced. Most of these pieces reminded one that it is in fact spring that approaches. Florals were everywhere. And yes, the "florals for spring" idea is often overdone and stale.

At Markus Lupfer

At Mulberry

At Michael van der Ham

At Christopher Kane

At Preen

At Matthew Williamson

At Mary Katrantzou

At Tata Naka

But as is often case in London, there was only freshness.


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