For the past week, I have been working on a project for my design class where I have to create a collection comprising of around 35 products for SS11. We had to choose an inspirational designer and choose a theme and base our collection on the chosen theme keeping the spirit of the designer in mind. Seeing as I’m presenting at the end of next week, I will divulge more information around then – ahhh waiting is half the fun! But I can tell you that the chosen designer is someone that I have written about on here more than 3 times – the theme might be obvious to some based on these sketches…

Check back next week for my full collection! x

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I recently came across emerging designer, Flik Hall and instantaneously fell in love with her designs. Her SS11 Collection instantly caught my eye, and seeing as we’re almost coming into summer now – take a look at her SS11 collection titled Mannequin Parade.

Flik Hall got into print design during her time at Central Saint Martins and after finishing, Hall started a placement with House of Holland. It was during this time that she decided to set up her own label, which was launched for SS10.

Here are a couple of pieces from her AW11 collection.

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Ada Zanditon

Ones to Watch: Anja Mlakar, Kirsty Ward, Sara Bro-Jorgensen, Tze Goh

Eudon Choi

Krystof Strozyna

Jasper Garvida (catwalk & backstage)

Elliot J.Freeze

Jacob Kimmie

Lako Bukia

Masha Ma

JazzKatze

Fashion Mode: Carlotte Actis Barone, Florian Jayet, James Hillman

A La Disposition

Bunmi Koko

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Season two for Bunmi Koko and the AW11 collection ‘Kaleidoscopia’ silhouette is true to its style – strong, powerful and feminine with soft draping and sculptural silhouettes. And the colours of course – my person favourite pretty much everything that had purple in it – yum, yum, yum!!

YUM!

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One word, STRIKING! This collection was one of the most fun and creative catwalks we’ve seen this season. Evelyn, our photographer, instantly fell in love with the orange trousers and probably another reason why we really liked it, the colours and fabrics are amazing! But let the pictures speak for themselves:

My favourite… it’s the wicked witch from the East

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The AW11 collection ‘The Name of the Rose ‘ is inspired by the novel written by the Italian medievalist Umberto Eco in the early 80′s. The story is an intellectual mystery with fantastic symbolism and cord playing, reflecting the paradoxical relationship of existence that is made by you and your memories.

Including this philosophical aspect, Jazzkatze plays with the images of a rose – a symbol that has the beauty of femininity in the flower petals and masculinity in the thorny stalk.

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Fashion Mode’s catwalks was a treat as we got 3 emerging designers in one hit!

Carlotta Actis Barone

Carlotta Actis Barone continues her innovative theme of combining protest about important ethical issues with striking designs that deliver her intended messages straight to the audience’s conscience. This season’s inspiration is formed from cruelty against animals, particularly the slaughter for fur, with a concentrated focus on seals. LOVE IT!

The climate these animals live in is expressed through the colour palette; navy blue for the cold sea, white for the snow and ice. The seals themselves are represented in beige faux fur, and the violence and cruelty inflicted in the slaughter is reflected in the red underskirts and showpieces

You can find more images of Carlotta Actis Barone’s catwalk on Flickr

Florian Jayet

Florian Jayet examinse the sculpted female figure in his autumn/winter 2011 collection, the focus being on creating “a fetish wardrobe…pieces that a woman can keep forever, bringing them out on special occasions when she needs to be propelled into confidence and strength”. This ‘strength’ is evidenced in the interior-padding element, protecting the woman as material armour against society.

As a graduate of Biology, Florian is heavily inspired by science and often links biological diagrams with fashion. This pairing of science and fashion is manifested in his current collection where the cream and black dresses project a graphic skeletal pattern and exterior stitching on leather items casts the impression of a ‘second skin’.

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James Hillman

James Hillman’s inspiration shifts from season to season and for autumn/winter 2011, James examines the intricate distillation process surrounding crude oil. yes, you read right, crude oil – I love it that inspiration can come from absolutely everything!!

James appreciates the importance crude oil has in our society and considers it a driving life source for the human race. He has projected this idea throughout his design process and the entire collection is black to reflect the natural colour of crude oil. Studying the distillation process of crude oil, James learned that different temperatures produce different iterations of oil. To demonstrate this, each fabric used represents a different tier in the crude oil process. For example, for the heavyweight oils, James used heavyweight woollen cashmere mixes and reindeer leather and the lightweight oils are represented in ripstop and lightweight wax cottons.

Mhhhh and this photo I just had to add because…. just look at them!!!

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Krystof Strozyna graduated in 2007 in Fashion Design Womenswear at Central Saint Martin’s and was invited to display his collection in Harrods as a second-place winner of the Harrods Design Award. His sharp tailoring, sculptural shapes and oversized, lacquered wood jewellery earned him the New Generation sponsorship for three consecutive seasons!

I loved his colour palette, the blues & orange, as there was a lot of beige, browns and black coming down the runway so a splash of colour always works for me – brightens up those cold and grey winter days.

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After debuting with her Icedbreaker collection last season, Masha continues to explore an architectural way of designing. This time mixing textures, heavy coats and adding a splash of black but keeping true to her light palette of the season. And not to forget those boots!!!! I kept thinking of the movie ‘the secretary‘, naughty!!

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