DAY FOUR at London Fashion Week brings
continued emphasis on bold patterns and colours, which seem to be
a running theme through the designers collections this year.
We witness Antonio Berardi, Deng Hao, Haiping Xie, Mark Fast, Peter
Pilotto, Todd Lynn and a definite favourite, Pringle of Scotland.
Antonio Berardi’s collection was beautiful and
elegant. It had a real ethereal quality to it, spiced up with a
hint of oriental-inspired pattern and shapes. The more favourite
pieces from Berardi’s collection were those that showed off
his talent for detailed decoration, creating beautifully bejewelled
pieces which reminded of an oceanic underwater creature. The models
all had a slightly dewy look to their hair and make-up.
Chinese designer Deng Hao brought a collection with
the main colours being red and green. The bright decorations couldn’t
help but bring memories of Christmas. Her garments were beautifully
crafted and her collection held a nice balance between traditional
dress and a more western style. Hao kept some of her fabrics lightweight
and sheer which were slightly revealing, and this helped modernize
the more traditional style that was coming through.
Designer Haiping Xie comes from the same region of Shenzhen
as Deng Hao. His collection came at us with more bright colours
and plenty of textured layers. Xie’s collection also contained
traditional Chinese elements but with more modern and westernized
cuts. Xie’s more traditional elements were held in the mix
of prints and patterns. The models had beautiful sleek dos which
were the perfect mix of cultures.
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Haiping Xie


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Fashion Week spring–summer 2012, day 4 videos
Videos from Peter Pilotto, Christopher Kane, Pringle of
Scotland, Antipodium, Antonio Berardi, Michael van der Ham,
Mark Fast, Burberry Prorsum, Todd Lynn, Christian Blanken,
Erdem, Giles, and Unique
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From Cleopatra
to safaris at London Fashion Week
Katherine Thomson looks at the springsummer 2012
collections from Fashion East, Holly Fulton, Marios Schwab
and Unique
photographed by Douglas Rimington/Detune
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Antonio Berardi

 
Deng Hao


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