NYFW - Cynthia Rowley

Some of my favourite looks from NYFW came from Cynthia Rowley's presentation. Iridescent skirts and dresses, harlequin-esque prints, oversized black satin frills, electric blue party frocks and delicately dotted tights: what's not to love??

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Karen Walker

Marc by Marc Jacobs

Sophie Theallet

Victoria Victoria Beckham

Part of the enjoyment and enticement of fashion week is the theatrics of eccentric collections that are pure forms of art. Whimsical, eccentric and outlandish creations make the audience stand up and take notice, with oohs and aahs of realising great creativity.

The harsh reality, however dictates that these designs are not at all likely to be worn by the greater pubic. They will be filtered down and diluted and given a much broader trend umbrella, like 'stripes' or 'frills' or 'asymmetric'. 

The ready-to-wear collections that you see being paraded down the runway and think "I'd wear that to work" - to me, they are just as enjoyable as the more outlandish creations. They tend to give more inspiration for actual attainable looks.

Take the examples above: Karen Walker's loosely tailored silhouettes, interesting colour combinations and billowing coats.  Marc by Marc's 1970s wallpaper prints, striking v-necked pinafore and slinky pencil skirts. Sophie Theallet's contrast panelled shirts, rust grey and blue hues and chic workwear. And Victoria by Victoria Beckham's oversized woollen beanies, chic layering and knee high black boots. All of these designers have provided us with collections that we can take inspiration from certain elements (or if we can afford to, purchase one piece) and it slot seamlessly into our wardrobes)

Metamorphosis

Yesterday, wandering around a butterfly house with Dave, wishing one of them would land on my head but to no luck

Photos: taken and edited myself

NYFW

Lauren Moffat

Novis

Suno

New York Fashion Week .... I'm running a bit behind, having only just this evening had chance to catch up on the shows. So far, the three that stand out to be are Lauren Moffat (beautiful vintage-inspired dresses), Suno (clashing prints and slightly awkward silhouettes) and Novis (awesome evening wear).

Lukasz Wierzbowski

One of my all-time favourite photographer is Lukasz Wierbowki. I have posted his work twice before (here and here) but have built up so many of his images saved on my laptop that I simply have to share more.

Every time I look at his photographs, I wonder why it's been so long since I last picked up my film camera.