knitwear

Knitwear is always my fav. After majoring in it for my Textiles degree I am totally in awe as I know how much prep goes into a fair isle or boucle pattern. The two sisters behind Rodarte are amazing at using textile trades of the past and creating unique art museum knits. Last season they revolutionised fishnet stockings with their take of spiderweb wool versions, now this season the knits are more experimental eighties on the shaggy Linda Jackson side. Matthew Williamson on the other hand has taken the Missoni approach to knitwear but with a more playful stripe of pattern, and MJ who is always partial to a paint by numbers style of knit featured floral cardigans.

Jill STUART

I must admit I skimmed over the Jill Stuart range and found nothing begged me to buy it. Then I read about her influences for the range and went back to have another look. I always love to hear about designers back stories as it just makes more sense. Jill Stuart’s icons for this season were Stevie Nicks and Anita Pallenberg- two life members of the rock n roll fashion hall of fame. With black velvet, fur gilets and floppy hats it was reminiscent of a seventies rock n roll love in. 

touch of Androgyny

Masculine and accentuated shoulders, tailored stove pipes and more leather continues to blend the fine line and draw a big circle around unisex dressing. 3.1 Phillip Lim showed both the boy and girl models with foppish Beatles Bobs, Proenza Schouler was all about the tough side of a pencil skirt but with structured shoulders and oversized coats and jackets, and Richard Chai allowed his shoulder pads to point north. The make-up is subtle yet strong emphasizing eyes with nude lips and the hair seemed casually put together and un-fussy.