Burberry Catwalk Fashion Show Londen FW2011/2012

If you’re looking for a nice dress or sweater for next winter, it’s not sure you’ll find it at Burberry. The new collection was full of coats (and handbags), from the beginning till the end.

The first ones came in strong colors with black details. Then several ones with Tartan print appeared and in the end even some coats with cow print were shown.

The silhouettes of the coats were alternated constantly; ranging from slim en lean to wide and short.

Most seemed very comfy and warm, especially the fur ones with enormous collars and cuffs.

Never in a million years would we wear the fur cow hats, but at least Christopher Bailey had fun with it.

Like at his menswear show Bailey came up with a finale of models wearing rain capes. Yet instead of rain, fake snow came down from the ceiling.

Wanna learn more about Bailey’s inspiration? Check the video below.

It’s goodbye to London!

Streetfashion London Womenswear FW2011

What are you wearing during the coming fashionweeks? Your Prada-shoes, your latest Jil Sander-dress or that vintage Yves St. Laurent? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashionweeks we refresh our streetwear posts regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: London Fashion Week.

Streetfashion London Womenswear FW2011 Day 2

What are you wearing during the coming fashionweeks? Your Prada-shoes, your latest Jil Sander-dress or that vintage Yves St. Laurent? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashionweeks we refresh our streetwear posts regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: London Fashion Week.

Streetfashion London Womenswear FW2011

What are you wearing during the coming fashionweeks? Your Prada-shoes, your latest Jil Sander-dress or that vintage Yves St. Laurent? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashionweeks we refresh our streetwear posts regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: London Fashion Week.

Hello London!

Lara Stone is Model of the Year

This Tuesday Lara Stone was named Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards. A great honor, which makes us very proud since Lara is half Dutch (!).

Check out the other award-winning fashion professionals:

Designer Brand: Mulberry

Emerging Talent Award — Ready-to-Wear: Meadham Kirchhoff

Accessory Designer: Nicholas Kirkwood

Menswear Designer: Patrick Grant of E. Tautz

Isabella Blow Award for Fashion Creator: Nicola Formichetti

Designer of the Year: Phoebe Philo for Céline

Special Recognition Award: Naomi Campbell

Digital Innovation Award: Burberry

Designer of the Year: Phoebe Philo

British Style Award: Alexa Chung

Nick Knight pays tribute to Alexander McQueen

Nick Knight’s latest fashion film (see below) is a tribute to designer Alexander McQueen. It celebrates his breathtaking imagination and his groundbreaking creations. Singer Björk sang the exclusive soundtrack of the film. During the British Fashion Awards, where McQueen received a posthumous award, the film was shown for the first time.

Posthumous British Fashion Award for Alexander McQueen

On Tuesday evening 7 December the British Fashion Awards will be presented in London. Today one of the winning designers was already announced. Alexander McQueen will receive a posthumous award (The Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design prize) for his contribution to fashion. During the evening this will be celebrated by a film, directed by Nick Knight, featuring McQueen’s most iconic pieces.

‘This film is my way of speaking about a very unique and important person who changed my life. My desire was to speak in some way about the dark and the light contained within Lee, and within us all,’ Nick Knight told Vogue.

‘The Outstanding Achievement Award celebrates the exceptional talent of an individual who has contributed to the British fashion industry, both internationally and here in the UK, throughout their career. There was only one person we felt we could recognize with this award this year – Lee McQueen’, Harold Tillman, Chairman of the British Fashion Council, explained to Vogue.

During his career Alexander McQueen was awarded the Designer of the Year prize at the British Fashion Awards four times. In the past years The Outstanding Achievement in Fashion Design award was already won by fashion heroes like Stephen Jones, John Galliano and Vivienne Westwood.

(Vogue)

Highlights London Fashion Week SS2011

Though for years London Fashion Week was left aside a bit by the media, with the return of Burberry to the British capital that is changing. More and more brands want to show their new collections during London Fashion Week. And why shouldn’t they? London has a lot to offer and has quite a lot talent. London fashion is very hip and funky and really stands out in its own way.

Some of our favorite shows we saw in London were Matthew Williamson (who will be launching a new line soon), Burberry and Christopher Kane. We loved the colors and the special prints. We were blown away by the setting of the Erdem show and of course we’re very proud of the Dutch sisters of label Spijkers en Spijkers which is a big success in London too.

Matthew Williamson
For spring Matthew Williamson designed for a girl marooned on a desert island. The girl’s wardrobe had lots of nature-inspired shades (and prints) in it like khaki, beige and sand. The clothes, safari blouses and cargo pants, seemed perfect for the jungle as well. Yet Williamson managed to keep his collection feminine and city chic by adding corset-bodies and sheer airy fabrics.

Christopher Kane
‘Neon gets me going’, he said backstage. And we sure could see that. The Christopher Kane show was full of fluor fashion. Fashion-forward bright shades of green, pink, orange an yellow were used for more classic outfits. Like a sophisticated jacket of floral-printed lace of an Argyll-printed vest with matching top and skirt. Together with the funky prints, he introduced during the second half of the show, it felt like a very fresh new collection.

Paul Smith
We loved the Paul Smith collection, because his girls looked very tough and edgy. And even though they were wearing very manly clothes (suit jackets, blouses and ties), they looked sexy as hell. Highlight of the show were the sheer shirt dresses, the floral prints and the skirts combined with sweaters. Great styling!

Burberry
Burberry of course kicked of London fashion week with a dazzling show. The brand showed tough leather jackets combined with bright colors and tight leather pants. We would love to have every single studded jacket. And despite the staggering models in the super-high heels the show was perfection.

Peter Pilotto
Since it has become their trademark for their new collection Peter Pilotto and Christopher de Vos of course used digital printing. Only this time they took it to another level designing silk-screen prints and making them look three-dimensional. It looked spectacular on the lady-like dresses they’d designed. The Pilotto woman seemed to have grown up; changing her cocktail party dresses for column gowns and mid-calf skirts. Yet she’s keeping her sexiness and still feels comfortable. How wonderful.

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