LCM Monday highlights
By Jo Phillips
Cent Magazine’s LCM Highlights from Monday 11th January.
Sean Suen’s collection was installed with a punk fantasy, ranging from sprayed on tattoos and facial piercings to exposed zips and metallic leathers.
Xander Zhou brought diversity, freedom and structure to LC:M. This courageous collection saw metallic 70s inspired boots, rainbow trimmed co-ords and an array of reworks of the traditional trench coat.
It was clear to see that Katie Eary’s collection was highly influenced by the androgynous icon David Bowie by merging classic masculine styles of candy stripes and polka dots into feminized silks and florals. Rock n roll rudiments seeped through, particularly shown through the daring metallic lace up trousers.
Burberry seemed to lead the forthcoming trend based around the idea of fashionable informality. There was a real emphasis on stripes, tartan and military styled designs whilst still remaining true to Burberry by featuring the signature trend in autumnal tones.
Bobby Abley took sportswear to another level, having gathered a strong inspiration from Brazil, which was shown through vibrant colours, graphic landscape prints and playful lazer-cut designs.
John Smedley exhibited a relaxed, long silhouette focusing on the dominant theme of abstract expressionism, shown on a display where garments were being painted in the style of a canvas. The collection featured a combination of muted colours such as greys, stones and soft reds, whilst layering soft artistic strokes onto knits.
Paul Smith’s presentation was shown to have originated from where it all started back in 1970 when Smith opened up his first shop, measuring just 3m x 3m. The AW16 collection exposed bold and sophisticated knits featuring sporty detailing on both the collars and sleeves alongside bright bombers hanging in a recreated version of his original shop.
Christopher Kane fully embraced the world in which we live in, as his inspiration was to seen to have largely stemmed from city streets and car culture. His collection revealed wearable, stylish garments featuring reflective fabrics, comfortable jersey tracksuit bottoms and high-vis neon details.
Thom Sweeney brought fine tailoring to LC:M by utilizing both the traditional British flair and Italian sophistication. A collection filled with cashmere, tweed, double-breasted jackets and polished brogues, all in complimentary earthy tones.
This presentation from Louis Leeman was all about the setting, which was guided from the world of Alpine Gentleman’s Clubs. A scenic landscape was built filled with snow, radiating sheer elegance amongst the showcase of pearl embellished slippers, vintage mountain boots and soft silks.
This season’s collection from Liam Hodges was inspired by the British petrolhead culture. Many of the garments featured elements seen on your average mechanic, loose fitting trousers, oversized jackets teamed with a manly holdall. The additional twist of graphic prints illustrated personalised licence plated, splattered oil designs to depict this unique take on the standard uniform.
This season’s collection from Liam Hodges was inspired by the British petrolhead culture. Many of the garments featured elements seen on your average mechanic, loose fitting trousers, oversized jackets teamed with a manly holdall. The additional twist of graphic prints illustrated personalised licence plated, splattered oil designs to depict this unique take on the standard uniform.
The Patrick Cox presentation was surrounded my vintage speakers and musical equipment cases. The collection itself featured fur-coated trainers, metallic loafers and crocodile embossed detailing.
