pretaportre:

Daphne Groeneveld

teenvogue:

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yslaurent:

“It was sporty and energetic with buttercup yellow bursting through the pastels that have been quite prevalent in London so far this week and karate belts giving voluminous tunics with wide open, oriental necklines a more shapely advantage.

Voluminous cotton blouses over parachute silk skirts that were pulled around the hemline into triangular flags of contrasting pink and coral were somehow overcomplicated, while bright orange or yellow tops of sequin grids and white cable knits splashed with blue or pink demonstrated a refreshing experimentation with colour.

Later there were cocoon shaped coats and dresses  in pale peach and orange or mustard which looked far more familiar to the Farhi woman, before white leather versions had tactile flowers stamped out of them and then emblazoned with glittering white jewels.” (vogue)

Nicole Farhi S/S 2012 photos courtesy of vogue.it.

paperomance:

Thomas Tait Spring 2012
London Fashion Week
September 18, 2011

An intimate and close affair for the fashionable crowd at Thomas Tait Spring 2012. The collection was relatively small compared to most of the designers at London Fashion Week, but as the saying goes “Quality over quantity”. While nothing was technically difficult or visually outstanding, there was a lot of clean, athletic-inspired pieces which makes me think sporty-chic. The palette only consisted of white, black, and a very faint lilac which looked rather nice with the white trousers and trainers. I really liked the sunglasses used in this collection, I thought it suitably matched the looks quiet well. 

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yslaurent:

“With a piano playing in one corner of the room and a golden palm tree standing in the other - accompanied by a light-up rabbit sign he had made earlier in the week from “the place next door” to his studio in Dalston - it was one of those refreshing moments in the LFW line-up when you stop running and sit back, stop and enjoy.

Jensen always has a muse - this season it was Nina Simone - and there’s always an interesting story behind the collection. Take for instance the twinset, the inspiration from which came from a carpet in a hotel during a trip to Kazakhstan; the shoes, which were revisited from the archive; and the accessories, which were influenced by those worn by Simone herself, all look-at-me large and decorative.

Simone’s character was played out via everything from the prints - take a closer look to see the mini jazz club setups and safari scenes that cleverly slipped into piano keys somewhere along the way - to the “Sunday Best” broderie anglaise numbers - referencing “the good Southern girl that Simone left behind to take to the stage in Atlantic city,” said the show notes. With Simone as his style guru, there was a sense of sophistication, something more grown-up with this collection - cocktail dresses worn over neatly done up prim shirts for example.” (vogue)

Peter Jensen S/S 2012 photos courtesy of vogue.it.