I don’t have the time nor energy to write an individual review for every show, so I’ll just try to round up every day in a single post every night unless there’s one thing that deserves special attention, of course. Aplogies in advance for the rambling – very little time, too much to say.

First of all I’d like to give a little shout out to my companions for the day, the lovely Kate of Fabric of My Life, Siska of Style for Style’s Sake and Issie, stylist extraordinaire of Shoot Uk, who really made my day so much more enjoyable.



Paul Costelloe opened LFW for the 5th consecutive season. Am not a fan particularly, but always go to the show, because at 9.30am on the first day, I am full of good intentions to go to all the shows I get tickets to. Anyway, pleasantly surprised by this 21st Century Marie Antoinette silhouette, with crazy pouffy skirts and hair and leather legwarmers (for lack of better word) we also saw at Alexander Wang. For a guy his age, Paul Costelloe can still hang with ‘the kids’. A nice little starter to begin the week with. Full collection here.



After this, the official opening to LFW, by Harold Tillman and Sarah Brown (as always in Erdem – so jealous!), followed by the Caroline Charles show. I’ll keep my comments on this one pretty short, as I’ve got nothing nice to say, not one thing. During this show I tweeted: “At Caroline Charles, my Grandmother would love this show” – well I take it back. My grandmother has way better style than that. I don’t like to really slam people, but I really do fail to understand why designers like that are still allowed to show on the main schedule, when young talents would just die to take that slot.


Then off across the street to The Waldorf for Maria Grachvogel‘s first on-schedule show in the Palm Court, which was such a perfect venue for her target audience. Erin O’Connor, Yasmin LeBon and the recently outed LibertyLondonGirl (aka Sasha Wilkins) all sat front row. Maria brought a sophisticated collection of eveningwear in mostly black, but then spiced it up with bright yellows and greens. A nice little addition to the schedule, as Maria Grachvogel only did salon presentations until now. (Well, as long as I’ve been around)

Next stop, the Orla Kiely presentation, which you can read about below. Presentations are a nice little break from the shows and really worth doing if you can fit them in your schedule, because you often get to meet the designers, get to inspect the clothes from up close and in a fun, different environment.

Bora Aksu was next on the schedule. Not too much difference here from last season, the man does what he knows best, Warrior girl meets Medusa. The leggings were fabulous as per usual. Check out the full collection here.

After a visit to the exhibition, day 1 ended for me, as a lot of work awaited at home, as well as a ticket for the Burberry, Matthew Williamson and PPQ shows! Lovely way to finish first day.

xxx
Alex

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