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Peplums are Top for AW12 at the Pretty Dress Company

Peplums are great for giving the illusion of shapely hips and bottom to a boyish figure but they also help flatter the bigger hips- really it's a girls best styling friend. Matched with sequins it is gonna be a sparkling AW12.

 

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AW12 Trends - Fringes, Tassels and Pleats

Rihanna wearing Mink Pink and so can you!

Daze dress £60 by Mink Pink available from www.dollboutique.com

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Jump into Summer with a Jumpsuit by Izabel

Bunmi Koko AW11 collection ablaze at London Fashion Week

This show started as it meant to go on with a blaze of colour.

The first model wore a 50’s style full skirted dress not only standing out with the abundance of black underskirt netting but the silk skirt hemline was stiffened with curled wiring. The top of the dress was a Kaleidoscope of colours and patterns (also the title of the collection) and to balance out the top with the voluminous skirt, the square folded shoulders were sculpted to stand to attention.

Colours and patterns were bright as seen on this draped jersey dress with an orange suede and lambskin shrug.

The models wore large diamante Perspex wrap around glasses  as though they needed to protect their eyes from any bright colours shooting out from the garments – well her inspiration was that of the scientific and philosophic discoveries of light reflecting off a glass prism, supernovas, mirages and comets. And on this structured sleeved high collared coat there's comets galore.

There was more of a 'Grease' lightening thing going on with this structured sleeve leather jacket teamed with a long sleeved turtle neck and wool jersey suede panel trousers.

Black did creep in for a more classic look as seen on this wool and alpace coat with lambskin trim.

But not for long as seen with this block orange suede amd lambskin dress.

Other colours were ultra violet shades of purple as seen on this wrap top Godat coat.

And pinks and blues as seen on this organza and silk print evening gown.

Patterns played a key role with the geometric shapes of the kaleidoscope patterns...

...to the more blurred edges of a mirage or rainbow.

The styles were an eclectic mix from those voluminous netted skirts in printed silks

to the knee length pencil skirts  in sci-fi metallic leather, teamed here with pleated sleeve bow blouse in plum,

and in black patent leather teamed with draped sleeve shirt.

For me it was a mixed reaction, I wasn’t keen on the futuristic pleated sleeve metallic Godet dress,

but loved the long georgette and sequined evening gown with its side cut outs and sheer panels. Wearing that I could happily study how the light shimmers off the sequins.

Flying the nest is A LA DISPOSITION AW11 Collection at London Fashion Week

From the title of the collection ‘Utopian Aviary’ I was expecting  feathers or bird prints,

but instead I was pleasantly surprised with sharp tailoring and fabrics made to emulate the bird form and shape by layering, ruffling, pinking and gathering of fabrics.

The opening model wore matching cape and pencil skirt made from short faux fur in ridged lines of black and white. The cape was not of the usual free flowing style but tightly fitted across the shoulders

and formed a tail coat at the back; the pencil skirt was made up of layers opening across the front like the layering of feathers.

Necklines were high with either long thin feather like bows pointing upwards as in flight,

or multi layered voluminous collars circling the throat as a bird would puff out its plumage to attract a mate. 

 Plain body skimming shift dresses are given texture from shoulder to the throat with high gathered necklines pulled in as you would a cloth bag, 

whilst the shoulders of jackets are puffed out with extra overlapping layers like feathers..  

Colour palette was a base of black with 

the more mate attracting rich tones of oranges, 

reds 

and blues. 

Fabrics of faux fur, gossamer silks, taffeta,

velvet and chiffons gave texture.

The silhouettes ranged from the streamline shape of flat overlapping layers representing the smaller birds 

to the stiffer structural shaped skirts and dresses with layers crossing over each other at the back like the tail feathers of a bird.  

Lako Bukia AW11 collection taking the bullet at London Fashion Week

Lako Bukia’s collection titled ‘Choxa’ took inspiration from the Georgian (her home country) National Ballet men’s costume of the same name, for both the fit and colours.

Bukia emulates the Choxa long jacket’s cinched in waist and full skirt style on to some of her dresses, using lots of leather...

although she still keeps her much loved floaty chiffon styles. 

To decorate a traditional choxa, lots of ammunition is used one being a row of bullet tube pockets across the chest. Bukia reduces the row and adds to feminine diaphanous blouses which are balanced out with strips of leather on collars or shoulders.

 One of her key pieces: was a black jumpsuit with leather shorts and chiffon top embellished with the bullet tube pockets.

She takes the bullet on other pieces a step further by adding to the side of waists,

as belts and trimming the tops of her knee length boots.

They also trimmed her signature shoes

The traditional coax colours of black, white, grey and wine red were used giving a clean palette.

However she mixed it up with the more autumnal shades of dark and mid tone browns,

camels,

rose beige 

and a few pale pastels which she used for her chiffons to bring a more feminine feel to the darker masculine leathers and bullets.

The last 2 dresses were of chiffon and embellished with large gold sequins

with the finale dress looking quite warrior queen with its chainmail of gold.

Her signature chunky triangular heels, both in plain and in two tone colours, were nearly upstaged by the chunky 4 bullet leather heel, but I think that style was only for this season – a pity as they were stunning.