London Fashion Week: Fall-Winter 2003 and mini again

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-12 17:37

London's pret-a-porter fashion week ran from 15 to 20 February - a clear perspective of what fashion will be in fall and winter 2003. By all accounts, the main accents of the season are short skirts, wool, and pink and black. It is curious that almost all fashion designers chose the mini length as the main motive, including for the coat, despite the fact that they worked for the coldest seasons.

However, for those who can afford a suit at least from FrostFrench, frosts are not so terrible - even at minus 20, the cozy interior of a personal car makes it possible, including a bikini. However, let's not forget the immortal Coco Chanel, who did not equate the concepts"

As always, the Week provides a lot of valuable ideas on how to keep up with European fashion. Not without classics and retro (as you know, fashion returns to square one in 50 years, and now the 60s are relevant again), as well as avant-garde. What the winter fashion clearly lacked was fur - natural fur has almost become non grata in high society, humane to animals. These or those morals are also determined by fashion.

Sophia Kokosalaki is one of London's leading designers, and with her new collection, masterfully constructed and intriguingly imaginative, she is proving her status once again. On February 18th, her show was hardly in danger of not getting the credit it deserves. Sofia's talent lies in her fine detail, thanks to which the exquisitely cut collar of a simple black mini-dress, the wavy sleeve or the spider web between the shoulder blades lend a timeless elegance to her creations. The palest shades of gray, black, white were intended to accentuate the beauty of the models. There was less open body than in previous seasons, and this time the collection abounded in woolen dresses with a high waist, loosely belted, with a V-neck or other simple neckline. Sofia finds double-breasted camel wool coats, dresses worn over polo-collar jersey jumpers and pale gray tights or shiny multicolor leggings. The frivolous length of the skirt was combined with loose-fitting woolen jackets, the trousers were narrow and graceful, slightly covering the straps of high-heeled shoes and with a pointed toe. Present in the collection and an entirely muslin dress with a gathered round neck, and coats, mostly short. In general, the silhouette of the models from Sophia Kokosalaki was tight, narrow and thin. The same cannot be said about the effect of the show.

Nicole Farhi has finally created a collection that will not make the owner of her outfit shudder from her own extravagance when she goes public. For Fall / Winter 2003, Nicole presented models that are moderately chic and designed to provide a spicy and stylish look - for example, with luscious pink velvet trousers and warm lambswool coats. If the occasion requires something more solemn, you can stop at the thinnest scarf wrapped around the neck, and on something sparkling - for example, a black jacket studded with rhinestones. And although trousers are almost universally cropped, high boots will provide warmth and style - this time they took the form of a man's, dense and stable, in contrast to the thin stilettos of the last fall-winter season. Skirts - in several layers, folding one from under the other, which makes the model suitable for both a work day and a party. The accessories are simple yet elegant, such as the roomy satchels slung over the shoulder. The choice of Nicole Kidman, Cate Blanchett and Renee Zellweger, Nicole Farhi's work has once again demonstrated that a girl can feel comfortable and look dignified at the same time. What more could you ask for?

Alexander McQueen felt a little stiff at his February 17 show - probably reeling from the night before. He barely showed himself to the curious public at the sumptuous party (sushi and rivers of champagne) in honor of the opening of his first boutique on the fifth floor of the Harvey Nichols store. The journalists were asked not to photograph the hero of the occasion and not to ask for an interview - the fashion designer wanted to have fun from the heart, without regard to public opinion, which he did, dancing until he lost his pulse in the company of friends, fashion models, stylists and superstars. Christina Aguilera, who has become a regular guest of all the shows of the Week, showed up at McQueen's party as well. Jodie Kidd sported her favorite new dress from Ferragamo's daughter, Vivia, who had just launched her own label. Even the top model's 10-year-old daughter Yasmine le Bon was present and willingly greeted the mighty, while Yasmine herself became the object of banter about the origin of her long, honey-colored sheep coat."

Elizabeth Jagger, the infamous daughter of Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger, performed on the catwalk at the show Clements ribeirowhile her mother, fashion model Jerry Hall, took the front row seat. It was the first trademark show in London in three seasons. The design duo - husband and wife Inacio Ribeiro and Susan Clements - have settled in Paris since they became the main fashion designers of the house. Cacharel … And now the prodigal children returned to London, receiving all the commotion and warm welcome that was due to this, and after the show on February 17 of their latest collection - and a triumph! Their new line is deceptively uncomplicated things: mini-dresses of simple cut, jackets with a round collar, tunics with a neckline in the form of a yoke - another novelty of the Week, picked up by many designers. In general, they are bright, catchy models, with a clear bias in the 60s. Everything was greeted with great excitement by the audience! At the same time, the designers kept the collection, so to speak, in an earthly style, without falling into extravagance and bypassing "catwalk fashion": "Yes, we have just come from Paris - and so what?" The success of Clements Ribeiro was celebrated at an intimate party at the Momo club-restaurant, exclusively for their own.

From Britain's oldest fashion house, a collection of Pringle directly exuded the elegance of true ladies. But there was nothing traditional or conservative about the clothes: fashion models Jodi Kidd and Jasmine Guinness wore short, loose, sexy dresses with an open shoulder, bold cut of coats and cute twin sets - certainly with the tiniest minis. Colors ranged from sweet pink to plain black to shiny gold. And while Pringle is usually associated with comfortable everyday fashion, this time around, it wowed everyone with super-sexy gold pleated skirts and incredible heels (naturally round-toed shoes). But how can a girl keep warm in the fall in these short mini? Take Pringle as an example - warm tights with contrasting spots, plus 40s-style stockings with a seam running down the leg. With Madonna, Claudiu Schiffer and David Beckham as regular customers, Pringle shed its once-credited golf fashion image once and for all.

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Russel sage on the eve of their Spring / Summer 2003 show last September. And yet, this week the 33-year-old didn't miss his chance to get everyone's attention when, when he chose a location to show his fall / winter collection, he learned that there is a strict No Real Fur policy. The UK National Gallery saw no need to announce its policies until it agreed to patronize Sage's show on February 15th - and insisted that his three fur models be removed from the show. "The collection has real fur as a trim, but we did not use these models in the show," said a spokesman for Sage.

Well, one day Russell made parachutes a staple of his collection - under the fresh impression of parachuting. On another occasion, he put the collection on fire - demonstrating the inevitable aging process. Finally, he created a suit jacket + skirt from banknotes worth 10,000 pounds sterling (about $ 16,000), which, incidentally, is still on public display.

So the audience is already used to surprises from Sage - and rejection of natural fur, in the stream of the general mood, even in the adventurer's collection, will not diminish his rating.

Elspeth gibson - in perfect shape this season. A longtime favorite of London Week, Gibson showed an airy collection of evening couture "Look of Eden", beautiful in every sense of the word: different from others, beautiful, outstanding, enchanting, sweet, sophisticated, elegant, tasteful, stylish, fragile, graceful, spectacular, delicate, weightless, light, clean, sophisticated, sunny, clear. Gibson has unveiled styles from a variety of eras, including the '60s ubiquitous this season: form-fitting, knee-length beige coats with a funnel-shaped fur collar, cuffs and trim at the hem - from the 20s; followed by dresses on the way out of translucent chiffon, decorated with beads; dresses in the finest weaves of lace and less ephemeral, albeit without straps, made of coffee taffeta - 50s; wrap mini skirts; corrugated tunics embroidered with beads or decorated with peacock feathers. Such beauty justifies its cost.

The Ben de Lisi show is one where staying for act two definitely makes sense. Basically, London designers are not in the business of evening fashion. But, apparently, American descent de Lisi has it in his blood. Not that he was brilliant"

Golden words, Mr. de Lisi!