Emerging Fervour

Joanna, I love you, you’re the one, the one for me. Ok, so these might be the lyrics to Kool and the Gang’s ‘Joanna’ but f*** me I do love Joanna Vanderpuije, and these pieces from this emerging designer are DEFINITELY for me.

I’ve just come back from Somerset House and 180 The Strand, which after a week of the London Fashion Week is now kicking off the London Fashion Weekend in association with Elle where over 120 designers are offering fabulous discounts for their autumn/winter 09 collection. The event started yesterday and will be going on until the 27th September.

For me the highlight was certainly the catwalk which was hosted by Louise Row, who not only looked beautiful but was brilliant.

And check out the shoes!!

Sadly my camera by then was dying and I only managed to grab a few shots.

Shoulder pad trend

Prints trends

Manish Arora, I loved his animal inspired collection, nicely quirky

Jaeger London

After the catwalk, with the goodie bag over my shoulder and a glass of champagne consumed, the shopping continued. Did I find anything? I did, but not for myself, a wicked leather jacket for my friend for £49!!

There is something truly captivating about Japanese fashion. It is so damn ON TREND. Yes, there have been and continue to be some questionable trends, the Ganguro (ガン黒) girls as a strong first. Questionable or not, that doesn’t matter because almost everyone in Japan exudes coolness and originality. 

They have taken on trends to another level and continue to grow and change them into something that suits them perfectly. The use of mix and match bright colours, big prints, big heels that are teamed perfectly with tailored outfits seemed apparent on the runway at A/W 09 London Fashion Week. Eley Kishimoto, founded by Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto, has been my favourite Japanese-influenced label at LFW for a couple of years now.

Take a look at what is happening now with fashion in the trendiest country in the world.

I found these two sites that focus really well on Japanese fashion for both men and women, www.fashioninjapan.com and www.japanesestreets.com