Lavazza’s Selection at London Fashion Week from Lavazza UK on Vimeo.

I know this is a backtrack, but it’s just gone up so I wanted to share the last Lavazza LFW vid with you. It was awesome that I basically had my pick of designers to chat to at the Topshop New Gen stalls which was [...]]]>

Lavazza’s Selection at London Fashion Week from Lavazza UK on Vimeo.

I know this is a backtrack, but it’s just gone up so I wanted to share the last Lavazza LFW vid with you. It was awesome that I basically had my pick of designers to chat to at the Topshop New Gen stalls which was such a treat. I would have liked to speak to Louise Gray, but we couldn’t fit her in, wah!

Can I just tell you all that I asked Mark Fast about his plus size models, he was so nice about it I immediately felt like a dick for asking, esp cause y’know, it’s Mark Fast guys! You can see it on his face “oh god another person who’s not going to talk to me about my clothes”. We did eventually talk about his clothes, Fast’s collection was based around the metal sculptures of Demetre Chiparus, an Art Deco sculptor who made bronze figurines. On a weight level you could see the influence as the clothes were heea-avy! There was also a gorgeous floor length frock which is a first for Fast and featured a flowing hemline reminiscent of a Chiparus design. Love the enclosed Swarovski crystals, especially on the flapper-like dress.

Michael Van Der Ham was also really sweet, he totally didn’t want to be on camera but I bugged him because his clothes are really beautiful. His collection featured a mish-mash of fabrics and textures, but they came together expertly. As a thrifty magpie I loved it.

I also spoke to blogger fave Fannie Schiavoni, love her chainmail harnesses, they remind me of a cuff my friend Michael Warren made me at uni.

Christopher Raeburn’s sheer macs are on my lustlist, I heart them HARD. No wonder they’ve been snapped up by Browns. He uses reclaimed military fabrics and is joining the ranks of ecochic (sorry for the lazy vocab, I’m on my lunch break) designers. He also told us a funny story about being semi-forced by his brothers in that sibling way to eat a jar of coffee as a child and can’t even think about coffee now without feeling ill. Err so no Lavazza for him then, moving on!

Tara Scarlet do a fine line of ’40s and ’50s repro all made in the UK, for an ex-nostalgia freak like me it was a pure trip down memory lane. By the way, have you ever tried to suggest WWII as a theme for a Brownie parade? It ain’t pretty. (Mad props to Rachael who has heard that story a 100 times).

Last but not least, LPBG, the line started in collaboartion with Ben Grimes (fellow ex-Lycee Francais student… how random?) and Lily Parker ex-Richard Nicholl staff. It was great to see their mod-ette collection in the flesh, I’ve heard a lot of hype about the label and wasn’t sure whether it would be a Frostfrench-esque affair, but no it’s really proper and their adjutable playsuit which converts into shorts is the tits.

There you have it, another fine piece of lunchtime journalism from me. I shall be covering these designers in more depth as they all deserve it, ta-ra! *chomp*

So I didn’t just see Topshop Unique at London Fashion Week, my time there was cut short by getting the LFW cold but I was also presenting vids for Lavazza, who have been sponsors of LFW for a few years now. This is the first one backstage at Bora Aksu, enjoy!

Lavazza Backstage at London Fashion [...]]]>

So I didn’t just see Topshop Unique at London Fashion Week, my time there was cut short by getting the LFW cold but I was also presenting vids for Lavazza, who have been sponsors of LFW for a few years now. This is the first one backstage at Bora Aksu, enjoy!

Lavazza Backstage at London Fashion Week, with Bora Aksu from Lavazza UK on Vimeo.

He describes his influences as Edward Scissorhands meets Marie Antoinette, two really rich cultural seams to draw from. Would have loved to see the mood boards for this, bet they looked fantastic!