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The Fashion Edit Journal
What is happening in fashion and who is happening in fashion? The Fashion Edit has been hitting the pavement in stilettos to bring you the latest and greatest at London and Paris Fashion Weeks. With access to the brands and trends that are shaping our world, we invite you to come along as we explore the world of fashion visionaries and strut alongside today’s most prolific creators. Join Fashion Editor, Sophie Lin, as she pops in and out of shows throughout the electrifying city of London and fashion’s ground zero, Paris. Discover what is to come in the upcoming seasons and feel the buzzing excitement of the moment of creative inception.
The closing show of London Fashion Week never disappoints. This innovative talent support platform established in 2002 by Lee Lepthome fostered some of the most exciting labels in the UK and internationally including but not limited to JW Anderson, Louise Gray, Gareth Pugh, Peter Pilotto and Osman. Following in their footsteps is a new crop of leading edge talent which include for this SS20 season Jimmy Paul, Daniel Pascal Tanner, Yan Dengyu, Rose Danford-Phillips and Colin Horgan. Having been familiarized with a few of these designers from a past season, I was eager to see what they have been up to.
Designer Seung Gun Park has a wonderful way of bringing a sense of the superficial into reality, a glimpse into the lonely life of celebrities. With a background in the entertainment industry, Park is no stranger to the splashy beauty and in turn isolation of fame. A true artist at heart, his portrayal of the realities of fame is painfully understood yet still very much admired.
Every look was direct, full of strength and female swagger. Choon Ho’s take on the traditional tan trench was over-sized and dramatic, it is for a woman who announced her presence. I want to be her. I want to swagger into a room.
I needed every one of those pieces, it celebrated the female form to the fullest and has the transformative power to turn any wall flower into an empowered figure on the main stage. My personal favorite pairing was the black leather with the silk chiffon. This underutilized pairing of materials should really appear together more as they are an absolute power couple.
The traditional notions of cults and clubs being dark and dingy was immediately thrown out the window. This cult was brimming with electricity and fire. The white walls was a nice clean backdrop to the white and silver artwork of bodies and flames. Hell has never looked more chic.
“Reduce. Reuse. Recycle. Repurpose. Repower.” As a child, Zinko didn’t see repurposing as a choice. Her grandmother was always fixing old things to make them new again. This process always amazed her and with this collection it comes full circle.
Katie Roberts-Wood created a collection to empower the wearer by enhancing and concentrating on the notion of self-worth. How do we create power through the assertion of control through the donning of the visual armor of garments?
It was a beautiful day in London as I walked along the street to St. Cyprian’s church for the Sharon Wauchob SS20 show. I started to use my Google Maps but spotted four women in variations of sports jackets, bike shorts, trousers and trainers (very low key Princess Diana) and decided to tuck my phone away in my pocket and just follow them as they are obviously going to the same show.
This designer knows a woman’s desires before she even realizes them. I felt like I held my breath through most of the show. I was just in awe. As soon as I was finished gawking at the genius mix of patterns and texture I was completely blindsided by the luxuriant washes of gold.
In my head I had re-imagined the story of Great Expectations set in Barcelona. With a main character so bewitchingly beautiful that her garments had to be just so to keep up with her allure. A sheer floral embroidered gown floated through the hallway, hauntingly graceful.
Upon arrival of the tented outdoor venue I couldn’t wait to see what Yanina had in store for this season. My philosophy in life has always been “…floating through life…” and this collection was a physical depiction of my inner most thought.
It was right around the time of this show during Paris Couture Week that I had begun to realize that aside from seeing couture fashion I have also had the best tour of foreign embassies in Paris. Montreal based Mexican born designer, Antonio Ortega, showed his AW19/20 couture collection on July 2nd at the Canadian Embassy. The venue was perfect.
A beautiful ballerina transforms the Palais de Tokyo in Paris into a stage. With each twirl, she announces the commencement of the much anticipated Celia Kritharioti couture show. The energy in the room had been one of buzzing excitement for a good 30 minutes prior to this moment.
Yumi Katsura’s AW19/20 couture collection is a dream manifested into reality. Having dedicated her life to couture fashion, Japanese born Parisian designer opened her first bridal salon in Japan in 1964. She has since expanded to France, the US and the UK. Along the way, she became the first Asian to be a member of the Haute Couture of Camera Nazionale Della Moda Italiana.
Les Invalides was hot. The air was unrelentingly heavy in this historic setting as the audience eagerly awaits for the show to begin. I make new friends with the two gorgeous attendees sitting next to me. Matthieu pulled out a beautiful fan and started fanning generously at his friend Ines.
The modern peacock, but this peacock lives in Ibiza. Swedish duo Lazoschmidl brings a quirky satire of social hierarchy onto the runway. Even their choice of venue was deliciously satirical. The low key intimidate venue of the Goethe Institute served as a befitting backdrop for this delicious collection.
One can easily emulate an “I’m with the band” vibe with a Magda Butrym rouched velvet dress. If I can have just one outfit from this collection I think I’d feel like a million bucks and insist on standing at the entrance with those It girls.
Attendees came in with their cameras in hand snapping away, only stopping to grab a glass of champagne. I had no idea when to stop taking pictures, there was just so much to see. When the models finally emerged, I knew I was in trouble…
We had a very in depth guided tour of his collection by two of the most attentive and knowledgeable staff that I have ever encountered. You know that these two not only loved the collection, they loved the designer as well.
Eventually all the models were out and weaving in and out of the maze of mirrors in a surreal world that felt like a dream that is taking place in an imaginary metro station somewhere. Each commuter in high end outerwear that makes even those who don’t fare well in the cold want to explore extended amounts of time in it.
