London Fashion Week, Fall 2008: We Like These So Far

Love, love, loving London! Have to say, many of the shows coming out of the city this season have been really superb; it's like they've taken a lot of the ideas from New York's fall collections (a loosening and 'melting' of previous seasons' volume) and dosed them with a shot of youthfulness and energy. Ann Sofie Back's collection still retained its deliberately skewed take on awkwardness, but added a degree of grace to it; Topshop Unique made me excited to resurrect my late-1990s wardrobe with its shearlings, sober blacks and flourishes of deconstruction; even Jaeger got in the game with some souped-up style and clothes that stretched waaaaaaay beyond their usual sensible older customer. But so far my biggest love has been reserved for Jean-Pierre Braganza, who showed a collection that would make an Alaia/Balenciaga/Mugler fan completely freak out with joy; it played with both volume and body-con and was incredibly creative, and it gave me instant 'want' virus. In fact, Balenciaga and other purveyors of a certain angular fierceness seems to be a huge influence on London so far; even Louise Goldin, already renowned for her flair with innovative knitwear, got in the futuristic/body-con game. Other things we've been noticing a lot: leggings in leather and satin (which we also saw a lot of in New York) and the emergence of the 'melting' silhouette's counter-narrative, a short, flared skirt that sits a bit higher near the waist. Also, jacket and coat lovers, you will find great ones for fall later this year. Anyway, onto the pictures, which have been scavenged everywhere from style.com to Yahoo:

(l-r: Ana Sekularac, Ann Sofie Back)

(l-r: Biba, Eley Kishimoto)

(l-r: Emma Cook, Felder Felder)

(l-r: Jaeger, Jasper Conran)

(l-r: Jean Pierre Braganza, John Rochas)

(l-r: Louise Goldin, Modernist)

(l-r: Paul Costelloe, PPQ)

(l-r: Sinha-Stanic, Topshop Unique)

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