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Love. Want. Need. Guest Edit: Lucy Wood from Look
24th September 2012
AUTHOR Lucy Wood
Here are 3 trends I noted at London Fashion Week this season that I'm excepting to see on the high street come spring/summer.
Opulent Brocade
Having already made an impact on the high street this autumn, brocade is set to stick right through to summer. Alice Temperley, Henry Holland and Emma Hill at Mulberry all used this substantial fabric to whip up sweet sun dresses and practical boxy jackets - not a textile technique traditionally associated with summer, but this is Great Britain and our weather entirely unpredictable!
At Temperley, the look was cute and feminine; matching jackets and dresses, with flora and fauna wallpaper shapes woven through, adding edge to the ‘mother of the bride’ metallic blue finish. Mulberry kept it cool with seventies undertones – lots of bronze and chunky biker zips, styled with lashings of leather. House of Holland had the usual hipster twist - grungy 90’s cami strap asymmetric necklaces and matching brocade beanie hats.
Above from left to right: Temperley London, Mulberry, House of Holland
Honeycomb Lattice
First spotted at Fyodor Golan, then at Temperley London, before finishing up with David Koma making honeycomb-style latticing a starring role in a staggering 13 of his 18 spring/summer 2013 looks.
Fyodor Golan created an almost basket weave skirt, Alice Temperley reworked eveningwear with mesh overlays and David Koma plastered it on his trademark fierce, graphic mini dresses. This lattice, garden trellis effect is going to be mega on the high street, expect it on dresses, printed on t-shirts and woven into everything from pencil skirts to clutch bags. Intertwined honeycomb networks are the new graphic finish, replacing the dogtooth, plaids and checks of autumn 12. As if to reaffirm this trend, Gucci just featured it in Milan, stitching a honeycomb mesh into the top half of polo necks. Next stop, Paris!
From left to right: Fyodor Golan, Temperley London, David Koma
Unexpected Prints
Flowers, birds, foxes and owls, a novelty print in nothing new on the catwalk and high street. At the fashion shows it’s always a competition to see who can come up with the freshest, kookiest, never-been-done-before design that will win over the hearts of fashion editor’s world wide, then consequentially storm every high street shop and wardrobe.
The top three for spring/summer 2013? Maps, stamps and geckos.
Kinder Aggugini championed cartoon maps – the kind you see on souvenir tea towels, or in childhood books. With kitsch seaside charm, it won’t be long before everyone from Topshop to Asos offer up their own versions. Next, Mary Katrantzou and her stamps. Imagine exotic stamps from faraway shores blown up and printed onto striking dresses. And to heritage brand Mulberry, who’ve made the humble gecko their mascot for SS13. Adorning frocks, tops, jumpsuits and those forever covetable Mulberry handbags, the Del Rey and the Alexa, it won’t be long before these lizard littleuns crop up in your favourite high street hot spots. The more camouflaged, the better!
From left to right: Kinder Aggugini, Mary Katrantzou, Mulberry
Lucy Wood is the Fashion News Editor at high street shopping and fashion bible Look magazine and can also be found blogging as Fashion Editor
Opulent Brocade
Having already made an impact on the high street this autumn, brocade is set to stick right through to summer. Alice Temperley, Henry Holland and Emma Hill at Mulberry all used this substantial fabric to whip up sweet sun dresses and practical boxy jackets - not a textile technique traditionally associated with summer, but this is Great Britain and our weather entirely unpredictable!
At Temperley, the look was cute and feminine; matching jackets and dresses, with flora and fauna wallpaper shapes woven through, adding edge to the ‘mother of the bride’ metallic blue finish. Mulberry kept it cool with seventies undertones – lots of bronze and chunky biker zips, styled with lashings of leather. House of Holland had the usual hipster twist - grungy 90’s cami strap asymmetric necklaces and matching brocade beanie hats.
Above from left to right: Temperley London, Mulberry, House of Holland
Honeycomb Lattice
First spotted at Fyodor Golan, then at Temperley London, before finishing up with David Koma making honeycomb-style latticing a starring role in a staggering 13 of his 18 spring/summer 2013 looks.
Fyodor Golan created an almost basket weave skirt, Alice Temperley reworked eveningwear with mesh overlays and David Koma plastered it on his trademark fierce, graphic mini dresses. This lattice, garden trellis effect is going to be mega on the high street, expect it on dresses, printed on t-shirts and woven into everything from pencil skirts to clutch bags. Intertwined honeycomb networks are the new graphic finish, replacing the dogtooth, plaids and checks of autumn 12. As if to reaffirm this trend, Gucci just featured it in Milan, stitching a honeycomb mesh into the top half of polo necks. Next stop, Paris!
From left to right: Fyodor Golan, Temperley London, David Koma
Unexpected Prints
Flowers, birds, foxes and owls, a novelty print in nothing new on the catwalk and high street. At the fashion shows it’s always a competition to see who can come up with the freshest, kookiest, never-been-done-before design that will win over the hearts of fashion editor’s world wide, then consequentially storm every high street shop and wardrobe.
The top three for spring/summer 2013? Maps, stamps and geckos.
Kinder Aggugini championed cartoon maps – the kind you see on souvenir tea towels, or in childhood books. With kitsch seaside charm, it won’t be long before everyone from Topshop to Asos offer up their own versions. Next, Mary Katrantzou and her stamps. Imagine exotic stamps from faraway shores blown up and printed onto striking dresses. And to heritage brand Mulberry, who’ve made the humble gecko their mascot for SS13. Adorning frocks, tops, jumpsuits and those forever covetable Mulberry handbags, the Del Rey and the Alexa, it won’t be long before these lizard littleuns crop up in your favourite high street hot spots. The more camouflaged, the better!
From left to right: Kinder Aggugini, Mary Katrantzou, Mulberry
Lucy Wood is the Fashion News Editor at high street shopping and fashion bible Look magazine and can also be found blogging as Fashion Editor
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