SS12 Trends London
by Chantal
It’s been three weeks since getting back to London from my Manila homecoming and was in crazy mode settling in my new flat and arranging my electricity/water/council tax/wifi. Anyway, since starting my second year in Istituto Marangoni NOW as a Masters student (haha, proud?) we’ve been tasked to do a Spring-Summer ’12 trend analysis on the four major fashion weeks for my Research Methods class and pick out the strongest trends for the upcoming season. I did a few mood boards and chose to focus on two major trends for each city.
What I love most about London is the strong floral and tribal/graphical prints from the Mary Katrantzou and Peter Pilotto collections. Prints are something that I have difficulty getting my head around as I tend to go for more basic non-colors and neutrals on an everyday basis, but the detailing of each piece was just so amazing I might actually start investing more on a few printed dresses or tops. Another favorite was Christopher Bailey’s awesome tribe-inspired Burberry collection! I mean, who doesn’t love Burberry. The fabrication was just so refreshing to see on a very English heritage brand, but loved their interpretation of weaves and use of what I think is raffia and wooden beads for its shoes and accessories. It’s my dream job and part of the reason why I choose London over every other city. I would imagine each piece would be something of a collector’s item in the future. Personally, I cannot wait for the day I can get my hands on another Burberry coat, one can dream.
Something I’m a little more accustomed to is the pastel trend as seen in Jonathan Saunders and Roksanda Ilincic. I think that what would differ in the upcoming season is the concentration on a pastel blue and yellow (also with a bit of cyan) rather than the usual pinks and beiges one would refer to with anything pastel. The cuts were relaxed and feminine and actually, is a perfect seque for the Paris shows.
My London Fashion Week Spring-Summer ’12 Review and Favorites
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Side note: Blue, Yellow and Orange–very big in 2012. In the next couple of days I’ll be adding the research on the Paris, Milan and New York shows. I need to keep up with my promise of writing more if not about my life, then on what I’m learning in school.
Oh and one more thing: My work-in-progress draping project for Pattern Cutting class. I’m very excited with my first draping on the stand dress, and I suppose I got into the whole my tutor is a Vivienne Westwood pattern-cutter and I want to do something wild to impress her but now that it’s taking on this very geometric and 3D shape I’m thinking oh my! what did I get myself into. It’s gonna take a while for me how to figure out the 3D pattern on paper with this dress. I hope it comes out well. :3 Kagulo!
Cheers from Luhnduntown!
Go, Chants, impress! Erdem and Orla Kiely are still my favourite print & pattern designers, but so far away from tribal on the scale, they are so twee! So glad you’re having fun in Londontown.
Arianneee! I think I only love prints if its real loud, and I quite enjoyed picking out my favorite patterns for this project haha! When you come visit again tell me and STAY with me in my flat!! Missing you girls a lot! >:D<