The Royal Mail have come out with some fabulous themed collections over the past few years, but their latest has got to be top of the bunch. The Great British Stamp Collection showcases some of the most iconic pieces produced by ten British fashion designers, starting in the 40s with Hardy Amies and finishing at [...]
Tag Archives: British fashion
Aintree Ladies Day 2011: The Style Winners
Classic style Following on from yesterday’s post on not-to-my-personal-taste fashion at Aintree, here are some of the ladies who I thought looked very stylish indeed. The newspapers don’t seem as interested in photographing girls who don’t have boobs exploding out of their dresses or toppling over on their stripper heels, but I did still find [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: Statement Collars
Amanda Wakeley If you don’t want to do a statement sleeve, then go for the jugular… or collar, to be more precise. Folded, shaped, contrasting, or oversized collars all featured on coats and jackets at London Fashion Week. This trend also works in with the idea of fur; it is so easy to [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: 70s Glam
Roksanda Ilincic Though I’ve predicted that the 60s mod look is coming in, that doesn’t mean that 70s glam is yet on the way out. There were still lots of disco diva looks, and plenty of ’2011 does the 70s does the 30s’. If you are interested in either the 1970s or the art [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: Statement Fur
Giles Now here is a trend I can fall in love with: you know I love a bit of drama, and big, bold statement fur was all over London Fashion Week. I’m not going to get started on the real vs fake debate, but whichever type you prefer to wear you’ll be able to find some great [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: Monochrome
Jasper Conran The monochrome theme works well into the 60s mod look that I talked about on Monday. There were big blocks of contrasting black and white from designers Osman, Peter Pilotto, and Antonio Berardi, or more subtle pieces from Caroline Charles or Pringle. This is such an easy way to get a really striking look; [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: Skirt Suits
House of Holland This trend has me quite excited, and I’ve already started a mini-collection of skirt suits for the shop. House of Holland and Paul Costelloe showed the stand out examples, with 60s style tweedy suits in bright colours. But there was plenty on offer from other designers too, like the quilted leather [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: Statement Sleeves
Burberry I’ve been patting myself on the back for spotting this trend, after seeing it highlighted only this morning over on Disneyrollergirl. Large, unusually shaped, or contrast-printed sleeves have been seen at every fashion week, including London. You might have to work harder to find vintage examples, but you can look for 60s dresses with pleated sleeves, 50s coats [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: Orange and Tomato Red
Amanda Wakeley The one colour that really stood out on the catwalk this season was orange. I’ve been predicting (and hoping!) that orange was going to come back into fashion. It seems that we were all so scarred after the 1970s orange and browns frenzy that it took over 30 years before those colours started to become acceptable [...]
LFW Trend Forecast: Velvet
Acne Winter trend prediction number two is velvet. Lush, thick, heavy velvet – none of that flimsy crushed nonsense we had this winter. The mustard coloured trousers from Acne above show how you can wear it as a daytime look, but I think my favourite pieces are the velvet suit and skirt from Dame [...]
1960s polka dot mod dress by Berketex
1970s green and red tartan knit jumper dress
1960s black and white check blanket dress
1970s floral print hippy smock dress by Emanuelle
