David Koma‘s past collection’s have often embodied a powerful, confident woman through sculptural and heavily embellished designs. So his Spring/Summer 2011 show at London Fashion Week opened with a change of scene as feminine ‘ballerina inspired’ sugary pink dresses floated down the runway.

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“It’s about the powers of nature and the egoism within” Valery Kovalska said backstage at her London Fashion Week show. Her collection ‘Professional Suicides’ is an insight into her rock and roll lifestyle as a ‘TV and concert stylist’ in the Ukrainian music industry. Thus igniting a love for customizing clothes and costumes which turned her into the individual wild child fashion designer that she is today.(...) Read More about Valery Kovalska : LFW Spring/Summer 2011 (171 words)

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Marios Schwab is certainly under the spotlight at the moment. Becoming creative director for Halston means he had a debut to prepare for New York fashion week and a show for his own label at London fashion week just a week apart.

For this collection Schwab seemed to go back to his Austrian roots. with traditional tailoring of simple and sharp shapes and silhouettes…(...) Read More about Marios Schwab AW 10/11 (152 words)

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Cooperative Designs designers, Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann met on the MA Fashion course at Central St Martins in London 2007. Both specializing in knitwear their creative take on design uses traditional techniques mixed with new materials and technologies.

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Louise Goldin’s futuristic military collection was in the usual Goldin style of very structured and padded silhouettes. Colour palettes of moss greens and army blues with red and gold accents run with the current military trends of New York and London fashion week.

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Holly Fulton is making a name for herself in London with big bold prints and larger than life plastic jewelery. Having already won the Swarovski Emerging Talent Award for Accessories at the British Fashion Awards 2009. This fresh designer from Scotland’s cut out plastics and chunky swarovski jewels are set to make her one to watch.

For her AW10 presentation at London Fashion week she revisited her love for art deco and 60s graphics. Admitting she was inspired by ‘Louis Barillet, pythons and telephones.” she has stepped it up by adding snake skin, fur and velvet to her collection of sophisticated silhouettes. Over sized coats and dresses covered in print give a Holly Fulton illusion reminiscent of her collection with Fashion East for SS10.

Bold shades of orange, turquoise and yellow bring the colour to the collection with staple monochrome pieces making the most of her art deco-esque geometric prints. In particular the floor length dress teamed with chunky bangles and brogues left me mesmerized. Hypnotized in a catwalk of prints. Living up to the distinctive style fulton has already created for her brand. A successful first solo presentation for Holly fulton.

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Mary Katrantzou’s AW 10/11 collection was based around 18th century portraiture and in particular Madame de Pompadour and the paintings of Fragonard and Nattier. At Mary Katrantzou’s exhibition space, she revealed to me  ‘The prints are baroque inspired. I wanted to challenge myself by taking dresses the women and men used to wear and make it relevant for a  21st century woman’

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Enter the world of Louise Gray! A circus of colors prints and textures patch-worked together for a crazy fun collection! Gray’s AW 10/11 presentation for London Fashion Week saw lots of fun embroidered pieces on models with high crimped pony tails and brightly painted eyebrows! (...) Read More about Louise Gray LFW (84 words)

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Craig Lawrence, a Central St Martins graduate is best known for his voluminous knits made from unconventional fabrics. Having created knitwear for Gareth Pugh for 6 seasons before he even graduated. Lawrence has now spread his wings and set up a solo label.

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