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High wattage: spotlight focus on London Collections: Men (LC: M) for autumn 2016

15 Friday Jan 2016

Posted by meappropriatestyle in avant garde, colourspeak, design experimentation, design inventive, fashion fun, fashion innovation, Favlook - Lookfav Focus, free to be me, London Collections: Men (LC: M), menswear, menswear designers, runway favourites, runway presentation, style = innovation, style ideas?, style inspiration

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Organised bi-annually

London Collections:  Men

showcases the out-of-the-ordinary inventiveness

that has steadfastly remained the ‘fabric’ of British fashion.

 

Presented at LC:M  a/w 2016,  (8 – 11 January 2016)

were varied design elements of

fashion humour

fashion fun

fashion conceptualisation

fashion think-out-of-the-box, “why don’t ‘ya?”,  nudges

 

…

London Collections:  Men

autumn 2016

On runway:  a few of my Favlook-Lookfav Favourites

 

from Moschino

by designer, Jeremy Scott

A DC comic character reference:

channeling the Joker

colour-bursts of seismic porportions

LCM, a16, moschino, marvel comic character, channeling the joker, vogue_

LCM, moschino, marvel comic, vogue

…

from designer, J. W. Anderson

Knitwear:   jumper/trouser set in olive-green

LCM, a16,olive  knit set, j.w. anderson, voguecom

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A modern stitch on the granddad cardi

oversized, slouchy, slashes

LCM, slouchy oversized grandpa cardi, j.w. anderson, voguecom

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from designer, Astrid Andersen

Mixed fabrication

an olive-green scene

LCM, astrid andersen, green mixed fabrication, voguecom

…

from designer, Nasir Mazhar

AiB (All in Black) conception

outer limits spacesuiting

LCM, a 16, nasir mazhar, aib,total cover, concept

LCM, a16, aib, nasir mazhar, voguecom

…

from Topman Design

Of varied textural tendencies:

crushed velvet, silk,  knitwear

in delicious raspberry red and rich chocolate brown

LCM, topman design, mixed fabrication, crushed velvet, voguecom

LCM, topman design, a16, crushed velvet suiting, chocolate brown, voguecom

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from designer, Craig Green

‘Laced up and Strapped in’

LCM, lace up, craig green, voguecom

LCM, a16, strapped in, craig green, voguecom

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by Sarah Burton

for Alexander McQueen

Chain reaction

as facial jewellery and clothing accessory

LCM, alexander mcqueen, all in chains, voguecom

…

Tiger of Sweden

Colour-rific casual suiting

(t)  blush champagne

(b)  cantaloupe orange

LCM, casual suiting, blush champagne, tiger of sweden, a16, voguecom  _ARC0694

LCM, casual suiting, tiger of sweden, cantaloupe orange, voguecom _

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from the wild wonderful whacky world of the design team at

Sibling

Sumo wrestler / boxing prize-fighter compilation

in fashion fun knitwear (Sibling’s tried and true signature fabrication)

LCM, a16, boxer_sumo wrestler integration, sibling, a16, voguecom

LCM, a16, sibling, wrestler cardi, voguecom _LCM, a16, boxing_sumo integration, sig. knit fabrication, voguecom _

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from Agi and Sam

by design duo,  Agi Mdumulla and Sam Cotton 

 Overcoat in green colour hues

colour block / pocket details

LCM, overcoat, green W_  colour block, agi and sam, voguecom

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(images from vogue.com)

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The concept of conceptual art in fashion design: from designers, Yohji Yamamoto and Rei Kawakubo at Paris Fashion Week (PFW) a ’15

08 Sunday Mar 2015

Posted by meappropriatestyle in art influence - fashion, design experiment, design inspiration, design inventive, fabrication, Yohji Yamamoto

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autumn/winter 2015, avant garde, avant garde fashion, Comme des Garcons., conceptual clothing, conceptual fashion design, Paris Fashion Week, Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto

 

If conceptual art is an expression of imagination in physical form-

then fashion is art: an inspired thought

made tangible with fabric and other materials.

 

…

Creating with this intent, designers challenge the norm

to produce avant garde garments.

Not for practical wear, these pieces symbolise an idea(s) and

are often in conflict with conventional aesthetics.

Fashion of this type is of the genre of conceptual art-

whereby the idea is paramount, not the form it takes.

 

…

For Paris Fashion Week (PFW)  a ’15

philosopher/designer Yohji Yamamoto and

avant garde designer Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garçons)

each presented collections of the abstract:

provocative, speculative, enigmatic.

 

…

(images from style.com):

by Yohji Yamamoto

 

 

The Idea(s)

Garments which evince a visual of things architectural, structural,

encircled by scaffolding, of construction in progress.

The eye make-up ‘wink’  seems signal to acknowledge

the state of noncompletion:  of the ‘garments under work’.

Is the collection’s seeming reference to

construction underway,  a metaphor for life;

that of life as a state of constant change, planning, developing, building?

 

 

…

PFW,  a ’15

 

conceptual, a15, yamamot, framing DSC038_KIM_1086 conceptual, a15, yamamoto, umbrella framing DSC035_KIM_1029

Partially opened umbrella frame

…

conceptual, a15, yamamoto DSC034_KIM_1014

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conceptual, a15, yamamoto, angularity DSC024_KIM_0719

At angles

…

conceptual, a15, yamamoto, framing DSC019_KIM_0566

…

conceptual, a15, yamamoto. framing DSC009_KIM_0249

Crinoline aspect

 

…

 

 

 

by Rei Kawakubo

Comme des Garçons

 

 

The Idea(s)

Covered, hidden beneath layers-

seemingly not for protective purposes

as the fabrication is light in colours and weight.

The use of light lace and a peek of hand(s) exposed in certain looks,

seems to suggest that this state of covering is temporary.

Maybe the idea of Ms, Kawakubo’s pieces

is that of something/someone being momentarily cocooned:

to emerge fully and with ease, at some later point .

 

Yet, there is some contradiction and tension-

a sense that an eventual uncovering

might not be always be easily accomplished.

In certain looks, the model is tightly enveloped in the wrappings

while in others, less so:

 

 

The collection unsettles-

no matter the amount used of lace, bows and brocade.

 

 

 

PFW,  a ’15

 

 

  conceptual, comme des garcons, cream cocoonnCDG_0339

conceptual, comme des garcons, a15 whiteCDG_0049

Tightly wound

…

conceptual, comme des garcons, a15 b_w stripes, coveredCDG_0299

Barred

…

conceptual, comme des garcons, a 15, blue_black, some exposureCDG_0165 conceptual, comme des garcons, a15, blackCDG_0137 conceptual comme des garcons, a15, gold brocadeCDG_0107

conceptual, comme des garcons, a15, gold brocade, black, leather detail CDG_0493

Trapped, but with possibilities opening up

 

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