Charlie Le Mindu
When the models of Charlie Le Mindu came out on the runway at London Fashion Week I was truly puzzled by the sight of their complete nudity. But on the other hand I was thinking, well with a hat this enormous, what do you need clothes for? This show was surely one of the highlights of the London Fashion Week this season. It has been a while since I’ve been there. But it was just as much fun and excitement as last time. Our impressions after the jump.
Krizia Robustella
The Vauxhall Fashion Scout is one of the the two independantly organized runway schedules that coexists with the official Fashion Week program by the British Fashion Council. It has the biggest off-schedule and showcases a variety of designers from London and abroad. We did see quite a few over there but my favorite one was the show of Barcelona-based Krizia Robustella. See more of the collection here. I was really sad that we missed the presentation of Studio 805 on the last day, looked pretty Bernhard Willhelm inspired to me.
Hermione de Paula
Especially the upstairs location at the Freemason House gave the Vauxhall Fashion Scout a very special charme that I particularily enjoyed during the flowery show of Hermione de Paula.
Charlie Le Mindu
front row of Charlie Le Mindu
Clarissa Labin
On/Off is the second off-schedule platform. They have a more selected line-up of designers which results in fewer shows and fewer days. A big plus is the great designer showroom they have where we found a lot of interesting designers. Among our favorites was Clarissa Labin who is actually based in Berlin. The runway highlight was clearly the show of stylist and hatmaker Charlie Le Mindu.
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guests of the Craig Lawrence presentation
BFC tent had its own restaurant, yummie!
While the official tent of the Berlin Fashion Week hardly has to offer anything of interest the official tent of the British Fashion Council is a firework of great designers. They have the hottest avant-garde designers of Britain in their runway program including David Koma, Ashish, Christopher Kane, Mary Katrantzou, Mark Fast, Giles, House of Holland, Basso And Brook, Erdem, Giles and Christopher Shannon. Fashion really is an industry in England, no wonder they have a whole council dedicated to it, where we have only one woman in the senat who is taking care of it.
young designers at the Newgen exhibition
The best part of the BFC location to me was the Newgen Exhibition sponsored by Topshop. They showcased the cream of the young creative scene of Britain in a cute little village of white huts. Walking through it was basically discovering one treasure after the other. There was also another exhibition called the Portico Rooms specialized in avant-garde designers that also had a presentation room.
Kokon To Zai
The only show we actually saw at the BFC tent was the show of Kokon To Zai. They are a bit like the Starstyling of London, colorful daring street fashion for the crazy European fashionista (or normal Japanese person). Creatively also one of my favorites! I also visited their store in Soho were I fell in love with this awesome monkey brooch.
Unconditional
Our little visit to the Unconditional store resulted in a pair of tickets for their off-site runway show. With all the crazy avant-garde stuff we had seen this solid and smart streetwear collection was a welcome change. I really like Unconditional. Their collections caters to a great variety of personalities while still maintaining a recognizable look. The show was the most professional one with the best models we have seen in London. I once again realized that I am particularily fond of their jackets and coats. Genious! Full catwalk show here.
the front row of Kokon To Zai
