From the Big Apple to London, the Fashion Week crossed the Atlantic to present in the British capital the most creative collections, where classic beauty met the most incredible details, the monochrome mixed with vibrant colors and the retro dresses were alternated with modern creations. But what were the most interesting collections of the #LFW?
Here’s our choice, while waiting to live one of the most fashion and hectic moments of the year in Milan!
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London Fashion Week F/W19
ALEXA CHUNG
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A clue to interpreting the new collection of Alexa Chung is hidden in the title, “Off the Grid, But Not For Long.” The theme is apocalyptic: a group of girls has to survive after a nuclear attack. The idea came to the designer during a weekend with her girlfriends and after having re-watched “Terminator.” Leather details, velvet dresses, rigid and oversize looks, a chromatic palette typical of the cold season (grey, brown, yellow and black) and the soft shapes of the clothes gave life to a kind of comfortable and practical futurism. The collection is a hymn to the strength of women and their ability to face obstacles, according to the designer, even an apocalypse, that in this perspective can be seen as the ground where flaunting your own skills and style.
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London Fashion Week F/W19
VICTORIA BECKHAM
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A harmonious mix of colors, femininity, and modernity is the key to this Victoria Beckham collection, made for a woman aware of her own beauty but also of her own potential, with the will to test herself in every field; in other words, a woman similar to Victoria Beckham. The vibrant colors (from red to beige, from blue to violet) are alternated with refined but “easy” looks, given by the over jackets, the comfy coats, the knee-high boots, and the suits composed by sweater and trousers/skirt right for every occasion. The soft shapes, the combinations and the geometric minimalism reinforce even more this desire to enhance the concept of ready-to-wear suitable for every woman, in every part of the world, who looks to London as a starting point to emphasize her most unique accessory: her essence.
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London Fashion Week F/W19
SIMONE ROCHA
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Chloë Sevigny, Jeny Howorth, Jade Parfitt, Lily Cole, and Lindsey Wixson are just some of the exceptional models that gave life to a hymn to femininity without fears, eroticism and the desire to dare typical of Simone Rocha’s creations. Rocha’s woman likes trench coats with balloon skirts, oversize garments, pastel shades, and floral motifs; and then, the velvet, the ribbons, the rouche, the transparencies, the strong beauty looks and the ambivalence between romance and dark that give life to an unexpected and strong mix. The designer was inspired by the work of Louise Bourgeois: “I find the ‘weavings’ series, made with the fabrics of her own clothes, particularly beautiful.” The vibes of this fashion show are full of suggestions, contradictions and creative energies, just like the works of art, which has always left the audience with something undefined, but highly attractive.
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London Fashion Week F/W19
Peter Pilotto
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An Extravagant Fantasy, that’s how we could sum up the collection of Peter Pilotto that was presented in the library of the exclusive Reform Club. The retro-soul characterizes all the looks without being nostalgic: the vibrant colors, the exaggerated prints, the silk and, the feathered accessories are perfect for a ’70s party, while the pajamas suits, the trench coats, and the provocative necklines are fully Millennial. There is a willingness to experiment, energy and self-awareness in these look typical of a “Dancing Queen,” as the Abba would say, made for a woman who does not avoid showing her true self when the occasion calls, being at the center of the spotlights, whether they are those of a disco ball, the flash of a red carpets or the lights of the city that light up as soon as the sun goes down.
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London Fashion Week F/W19
MARGARET HOWELL
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Feminine allure and masculine elements meet within the creations of Margaret Howell who, with her trousers and shirt, cardigan, trench coats and a cold palette (greenish, brown, black and grey), conveys an idea of comfortable and British style that vaguely recalls the Industrial Revolution and the popular uprisings. But the patriotic tradition is just the beginning of a path that points to contemporary, given by stylistic choices such as the use of leather, the bomber jackets and the layers, that make the collection a tribute to the “effortless-chic” style, enhanced even more by some functional accessories such as low shoes and backpacks. If it is true that the inspiration lies in the past, it is undeniable in the same way that the collection is conceived for a young man/woman of the modern London, aware of herself/himself, in love with reality and cosmopolitan.
