Catwalk fashion report Architectural
Minimalists rejoice, architectural design made a strong showing on the winter catwalks. From the season’s biggest catwalk trend – the bold shoulder, to body sculpting tailoring – clean lines, sharp edges and sculptural shapes created a strong silhouette.
The Cape (DKNY)
DKNY showed capes to get carried away in. The perfect cover-up for any shape or size, in grey wool this was our favorite cape of the season. A cape is just that little bit darker, edgier than a coat – and this season it’s all about adding a little spike to your look and creating a leaner, meaner silhouette.
The Sharp Shoulder (Balmain)
This is the season of the shoulder - declared most fiercely at Balmain in Paris. Star trek meets Pierre Cardin sums up the look which saw angular shoulders jutting from the runway.
But it was sexy not scary the Balmain way, and your stores have this shape off pat. These bold shoulders are the frame from which the rest of your outfit will hang, elongating the body and slimming the hips, so try in the fitting room and see what you think.
Scaffold Tailoring (Givenchy)
Givenchy’s Creative Director Riccardo Tisci has a dark side. But he uses it to create strikingly beautiful clothes for women. His almost entirely black show (there was only navy, cream, black and white) was, said the designer back stage, ‘all about showing the different forms of woman’. His structured tailoring did this, and then some.
Techno Florals (Nicole Farhi)
Nicole Fahri enjoyed something of a renaissance at London Fashion Week in February. A new design team has injected a modern edge in to the British label. Standing out amongst the new looks were Farhi’s techno florals. Pixilated petal prints are the modern way to wear flowers now, and printed on metallic fabrics hers shone.