The London Fashion Week was a delight to follow with their designers coming out of the box and finally offering more than just a glimpse of spring colors.

The inspirations widely diverse were borrowed from movies, 50’s couture, citrus colors and even Olympics and proved to be interesting since day one.

The variety in prints and silhouette provided the missing zing for a rather morose fashion week that kick started in New York earlier in September. Designers experimenting with shades, shapes and sizes, bold colors seemed unhesitant and unafraid of being creative.

Since Paul Costello kicked off the London Fashion Week with his rich, gothic and exotic collection, the runway at the Natural History Museum has not been the same. In a single day it went from dark glamour to cocktail shorts to effortless, fun and feminine.
Silhouette wise the designs were a balanced combination of lengthy hemlines, short skirts, ruffled up tops and short dresses and skinny pants. The bohemian maxis still seem to inspire the runway designs for Caroline Charles, the diva of floral prints and girly accessories. While Richard Nicoll, went ruthless with bold colors and bolder combinations, quoting his style to be “idiosyncratic clothes for life”.

In short each day seemed like an evolution.

Day two of the week was loaded with eminent names in the fashion Industry like John Rocha, Mario Schwab, and Luella. The runway seemed like it was raining 50’s and 60’s until Jasper Conran’s elegant yet contemporary, British collections hit the runway. This gradually turned into a pattern for the rest of the fashion week when two or more similar collections would be broken by a contrasting collection.

The London Fashion Week also proved to be lucky for the first timers. Australian designer Josh Goot debuted in London after show casing his designs in New York. His theme “Modernism’s new messiah” and “King of Urban Chic” pronounced his style, posing him as the most promising up comer. Soon after him came an energetic, sports chic from Beijing. Maybe winning hearts at the Olympics inspired a zealous Stella McCartney to gather a fashion fan-following round the globe with her Adidas collections. The ready to wear collections featured tennis skirts, gymnastics apparel and general work out wear.

LFW went easy on accessories with a few scarves, belts, bags, glows and beaded accessories, intricately positioning the ensembles with key points of spring styling- especially, in the collections of Peter Jensen, Charles Anastase, and Bora Aksu.

Rounding off the fashion week with their menswear collection, James Long, Hans Madsen, Christopher Shannon and Topman showcased their designs under the brand MAN which recently collaborated with the Paris boutique Collette. Three fourth pants and bare topped models dominate more than half of their collections with colors pertaining only to skin tones, blacks, grays and a few whites.

The London Fashion week attempted to concrete a heavily abstracted Fashion Week through candid inspirations and fluent coloring. Most of the designers used modernized the antique prints and patterns through cuts, silhouette and accessories; erasing the skepticism surrounding the seasonal trend. Positioning seasonal fashion wasn’t an easy task, but the attempt however was clearly visible.