London Fashion Week: Mary Katrantzou Fall/Winter 2011

Another beautiful collection from the young designer Mary Katrantzou, a graduate of Central Saint Martins, known for her lampshade dresses with trompe-l'oeil prints of furniture, houses and landscapes. Her fall/winter collection features shaped dresses, flare pants, exquisite knitwear and leggings on silk, satin and velvet with prints inspired by antique porcelain, and Chinese silk screens.

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Mary Katrantzou at London Fashion Week

Young designer Mary Katrantzou first standalone show at London Fashion Week was stunning. The collection was inspired by the stylized 70s photography of Helmut Newton and Guy Bourdin, where the interiors became as important as the models. Each garment was a work of art; the patterns were inspired by old copies of Architectural Digest and World of Interiors. Delicate silk blouses were tucked into mini-crinolines imitating lampshades while dresses with prints of window frames had chiffon fluttering like drapes.
" With this collection, I wanted to put the room on the woman, rather than the woman in the room."
---Mary Katrantzou

Source Guardian.co.uk

Team Uncool Likes: Ilustrator Kelly Shepard (UK)

Met Kelly a couple of weeks ago and when she sent me her work and told me that she had earlier this year sat on front row at London Fashion week I was even more curious about her. She won a competition through Vauxhaul Fashion Scout judged by top Illustrator Daisy Villeneuve. “Kelly’s illustrations were strong and bold, giving the characters she’d drawn attitude in which the clothing came alive” Daisy Villeneuve. 


She went on to meet some of the fashion greats, people like Anna Wintour (Editor Vogue US) and Mario Testino (Fashion Photographer), to name a few. You can see the documentation of her experience on her blog, www.kellyanna.wordpress.com .

CT 2010