London Fashion Week Day 5

Hosted by Donatella Versace and judged by the likes of Roland Mouret four designers were selected to show competing for a 100,000 pound prize. “Go By Secret Path” by Eun Jeong Hong was deemed the winner. Here white goddess garments floated down the runway like angels. An all white collection is not easy to show and could turn into freakish bridal, but the details of the fringed and layered pieces of fabric were so lovely the dimension and movement of the fabric looked like a sculpture. Another stand-out was Louise Gray for her primary colours and graphic cut-outs of dots and squares. Mod Brit is back.

-Lynn Furge

4:00 pm Victim

9/18

Combine the sex appeal of Madonna circa “Like a Virgin” the whimsy of Marie Antoinette and the theater of Divine and you would have Victim’s Spring ’09 collection. Continuing on with the theme that the English do love their ruffles, each piece was a bouncy lace concoction of tiers and tiers of Victorian patterned fabric put together. It was as if she had taken all of her grandmother’s frocks to create one huge tea party aesthetic. Most likely difficult to see on the racks at larger retailers, this is what makes British fashion interesting, as art is still revered and commerce is a second thought.

-Lynn Furge

7:00 pm Westwood Red Label

9/18

Westwood brought her muse to Africa like Livingston’s expeditions. The hats topped off slouchy pants and draped skirt suits. Colours of purple and mustard scooted down the runway, but then came her resident plaid and the audience understood, the Westwood girl is still quintessentially British and quintessentially Westwood, sometimes she just likes to go on a little adventure.

-Lynn Furge