SC Edit — The Best Of London Fashion Week SS19
By Something CuratedSomething Curated highlights the best from London Fashion Week, taking a closer look at a selection of the most exciting Spring/Summer 2019 shows and collections.
J.W. ANDERSON
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Jonathan Anderson touched on traditional feminine tropes this season with lace, doily-looking fabrics and frilled edges. His signature extended silhouettes and oversized proportions manifested in peasant skirts and languid shapes. Long cotton dresses and wide trousers brushed passed the audience as models walked in their adapted Converse or slack, crinkled boots.
ASAI
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For his fourth season showing with Fashion East, Asai Ta introduced a number of tailored pieces, a change from his previous work, including an oil slick coat and a wide utilitarian waist belt with flap pockets. Ta featured prints reminiscent of a Chinese porcelain vase, rendered in embroidery and sequins, alongside rainbow coloured tie-dye designs seen on cape tops and voluminous blouses.
CHARLOTTE KNOWLES
Also showing under the Fashion East umbrella, Charlotte Knowles opened her show with a red corseted look that integrated a a halter-neck bikini – an ensemble which aptly set the tone for the rest of the collection. A nostalgic, graphic rose print reoccurred, adorning fitted leggings and Lycra shorts, with dangling straps and ties. The label presented a series of looks for a strong, confident and futuristic woman, with a meticulous focus on details.
ERDEM
For this season, Erdem Moralioglu’s muses were two Victorian men, cross-dressers who became nightlife celebrities in their time. The designer staged his SS19 show at the National Portrait Gallery, a pertinent setting for a collection exploring the construction of identity. Indistinct prints of roses appeared on fitted jackets and a dress with angular shoulders, while another floral design adorned long or ruched dresses, featuring corseted waists.
KIKO KOSTADINOV
Kiko Kostadinov’s burgeoning label introduced womenswear this season, overseen by sisters Deanna and Laura Fanning, who graduated from Central Saint Martins’ master’s programme only seven months ago. As with Kostadinov’s menswear offering, the collection explored innovations in cut and intelligent detailing, manifesting in a diverse palette spanning soft pinks and camel, to bright red and an eye-catching purple.
ASHISH
The floor at Ashish Gupta’s SS19 show was covered with miscellaneous scraps of carpet and vinyl, with an ambience that evoked a basement party. Emblazoned with the words “S&M Sex and Magic”, a sequin embellished hoodie paid homage to the famed photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, followed by a series of gender non-specific, glittering party gear, including sequined bikini bottoms, off-shoulder sequined shifts, dresses, tracksuits and miniskirts.
SIMONE ROCHA
Simone Rocha’s clothes are distinctly textural, and her latest collection was no exception. Rocha turned to the women’s hairstyles of China’s Tang dynasty, and antique market reproductions of famous female portraits for this collection, an eruption of embroidered flowers on tulle, long veils and rotund shapes in generous proportions.
MOLLY GODDARD
For her SS19 offering, Molly Goddard utilised commonplace fabrics like cotton-poplin and chiffon to create a series of relaxed pieces, from tailored trousers to loose tunics. In her signature style, an abundance of frills were added onto the hems of white shirts or on the necks of bright polka-dot skirts, while flowery brooches were appliquéd onto blazers and loose dresses.
FYODOR GOLAN
Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman have become recognised for their whimsical and audaciously bright ready-to-wear line. This season the label shone a light on plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. The pair joined forces with Plastic Oceans U.K., the first British charity to focus on plastic pollution in the sea, designing a collection inspired by water.
MATTY BOVAN
With towering hats made from pots and pans, kitchen utensils and feather dusters, Matty Bovan’s models sported corset dresses made from crochet layers, big puffs of tulle and coloured ribbons. Taking inspiration from 80’s filmmaker Derek Jarman, Bovan wanted to convey an overabundance of information, with convoluted dresses featuring webs of flowery knits, string bikini tops, tangles of thread and gleaming metallic textiles.
Feature image: Erdem SS19 (via Pinterest)