Emerging Fervour

Another amazing season over here in London for Fashion Week. With new guest bloggers and photographers representing Emerging Fervour, we’re taking no chances and covering as much as we can. Although, AW10 was a pretty tough season to beat – SS11 brings a flurry of new friends and old friends…so here’s our to do list.

FRIDAY 17TH SEPTEMBER

Maria Grachvogel
Bunmi Koko
Jacob Kimmie
Ones to Watch – A. Hallucination, Charlotte Taylor, Georgia Hardinge and Lilee

SATURDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER

Anya Wilkinson
BodyAmr
Gabriella Marina Gonzalez
Lako Bukia

SUNDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER

Masha Ma
LALL

MONDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER

LABB Emerge
Neurotica
Ada Zanditon

TUESDAY 21ST SEPTEMBER

Hermione De Paula
Beyond the Valley launch party

WEDNESDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER

PostHuman Wardrobe
Orschel-Read

We’re also going to be checking out all the new and exciting exhibitors. It’s usually here that I fall in love. And as always, will be taking spotted shots of you lovely people throughout the week and weekend.

Oh we just love September and I’m sure you don’t have to guess why! We’re getting our schedule together for London Fashion Week which also means it’s nearly London Fashion Weekend time! As it’s just around the corner, tickets are being snapped up which is why we thought we’ll remind you to get yours.

We’ll be there, spotting, shopping and sipping champagne. We had a great time last February and my highlight is still finding my Beatrix Ong shoes, which I treasure like no other pair and I still can’t believe I only paid a mere £69!!! £69!!!!! I still get a little heart flutter when I look at them.

So we’re very excited that The London Fashion Weekend is welcoming back the designers such as Alex Monroe, American Retro, Ant!podium, Beatrix Ong, Ducie, DNKY Jeans, Juicy Couture, Lola Rose, Mawi, Pauric Sweeney and Sass & Bide.

And say hello to some Fashion Weekend first-timers including Angel Jackson, Bassike, Donna Ida, French Sole, Nicole Richie’s lines House of Harlow and Winter Kate, Me & Em, Nicholas King, Olivia Rubin, Tara Lacey and Twenty8Twelve.

Sitting at the Trends Show on a Thursday night at Somerset House for LFW was a treat to say the least! The crowd of beautifully chic or fabulously dishevelled ladies made my ‘I have an actual day job’ clothes feel dull and uninspired! It’s definitely true that women only dress to impress other women! I was totally over excited!

Candy Rock ∨

The first trend to come out on the catwalk called Candy Rock was pretty much personified by an amazing iconic Hervé Leger dress in a soft baby blue. There were pastel shades, soft frills and gentle waves dominating this trend which really brought to life the sweet element of all the pieces. This trend is very wearable with simple styling which I really like!

Swallows & Amazons ∨

As far as trends go, the introduction of Swallows & Amazons as a trend struck me as a strange one… but what a fabulously strange one! Literally a smorgasbord of micro-trends all on one catwalk – from breton to double denim (yes we are back in the 80’s!) and underwear as outerwear. This was more eclectic and generally a bit random but brilliant!

Although I planned to take lots of pictures, and there were certainly enough at the London Fashion Weekend, I got side tracked with shopping! I loooove my new Beatrix Ong shoes And before I got too carried away with chatting at the after party in the Waldorf Astoria I managed to snap a few more.

Gladiators Doom & Enigma. She’s wearing an Isabella Oliver dress and I couldn’t stop starring at her amazing arms!

A fellow blogger, if you like vintage, make sure you check out…

There are more!!! Check them out on Flickr.

The moment the London Fashion Week closes its doors, another one opens and it does so for all of us! London Fashion Weekend is taking place from 25th – 28th February, letting you shop from over 100 designers selling a range of samples, one-off designs, current and past seasons collections at up to 70% off RRP.

There were some amazing bargains to be had last year and the list of designers looks as good this year, if not better. The catwalk rounds up the key looks for Spring/Summer 2010 with help of a selection of British and International fashion forward designers including Betty Jackson, Herve Leger, Jasper Conran, Alice by Temperley, Ashley Isham, Twenty8Twelve and Jaeger London.

See the full designers list on their site www.londonfashionweekend.co.uk/designers and a sneak preview of the discounts at  www.londonfashionweekend.co.uk/designer-discounts-preview

Oooh a bit too late in the day but you better start saving so you can splash out!

When:
25th – 28th September 2010

Thursday:  5pm – 10pm
Friday:        11am – 9pm
Saturday:   9.30am – 7pm
Sunday:      9.30am – 7pm

Everyone is gearing up for this month’s London Fashion Week. The designers are making the finishing touches to their collection, the exhibitors are making sure they have enough marketing material and business cards to hand out, the buyers are finalising their ‘who to see’ plan and the bloggers are scheduling their weeks in the run up to, through and past fashion week.

With so much to cover your first port of call must be exploring the designer exhibitions at Somerset House and the ON|OFF Section at Victoria House. Back in September, we covered BodyAmr, Kron by KronKron, Beekay, Beautiful Soul, Rachael Cassar, Rocio Bags and a few others from the exhibitions and this season we’re planning on covering a lot more!

19TH – 23RD FEB EMERGING DESIGNERS EXHIBITIONS FROM SOMERSET HOUSE ∨

AND ON|OFF 19TH – 22ND FEB∨

You can also check out all the things to do in between shows with the London Fashion Week City Guide A/W 10. In fact, LFW along with Red Maps have provided us with maps that are available on site, you can also open a pdf and print it out, just visit the map page on the LFW site.

The people at London Fashion Weekend…

How cute does the girl on the right look?

Daisy brightened up the day

Elena looking luminous in block colour and animal print jersey dress

Lizzy & Steph striking a pose. Really like the oversized bow!

Check out Nathalie’s entry on the London Fashion Weekend. We’ve also created a brand new ‘Spotted’ set on Flickr where we’ll be uploading all our pictures of outfits we love!

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!!