Provisional LFW SS13 Schedule

The British Fashion Council have just made the provision LFW schedule for Spring/Summer 2013 available. Taking place between September 14th through 18th the capital is sure to be buzzing. New designers to the schedule are Preen, Rag & Bone, and Philip Treacy who designed hats for the late Isabella Blow and featured heavily in Alexander McQueen's Spring 2008 RTW collection. Different this year is the absence of Menswear Day due to the new addition of London Collections: Men now taking place having had its first outing in June of this year.

Below you can find the schedule with the designers highlighted that I'm watching and are very excited to see. I won't be here to attend but I'll be sure to cover what I can.

Fit And Flare

The BFC Fashion Forward winning duo Peter Pilotto's Spring/Summer 12' collection was simply mesmerising. 

As your immediate attention was brought to the fantastically bold prints you couldn't help but focus on the tailoring and shaping details. I felt a very architectural flare running throughout within the asymmetric cuts and shapes, although femininity was not lost. The classic pencil silhouettes and nipped in waists whispered back to trends of the 40's although, modernism was definitely key with the use of print and open work  fabrics and embroidery. I would say this collection had a strong tribal , exotic edge with a daring dash of surrealism. ( referring to shadows and silhouettes of indigenous flowers and white waves ). 

The duo certainly tied this collection in neatly with the earlier Pre-Spring collection. However the flower power prints, kaleidoscope graphic digital use and sexy open work combination made it for me. 

Ultimately the drama the flounced flared skirts and dresses bring shouted volumes. 

These designers know what their women need!

  “She is beyond pure classification of age or style, just like the clothes themselves.” 

 -  Peter Pilotto. 

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LFW Pre-Party

Here's a couple peeks inside the Pre-party at London's Mayfair hotel on Wednesday 14th September.