The Summer collection of the casual label Rag & Bone from New York is one of these that are always best for… life! What I loved in this season at Rag & Bone was the easiness of all the dressesm jacket and tops… The colours were really light- beautiful shades of blue, pink, violet and orange were seen mixed with classical black and white. And the must-have’s from Rag & Bone are definetely the black and white knitwears and these beach dresses- they looked great on the models! And there is also a small beauty note that will be hit this season…. it’s the orange lips! Yes, all the models had their lips in neon orange colour that looked refreshing and really eye-catchy! Let the Easy-to-go style rule the Summer season!
Knitwear
Xiao Li of The Marshmallows!
Xiao Li, a Chinese designer of RCA FASHION London is one of the most exciting designer of the year! Her amazing, over large costumes in a marshmalow colour palet are very precised and made in with high technology. Plump pastel silicone garments moulded from knitwear feature in this collection by Royal College of Art graduate Xiao Li. And this knitwear doesn’t look like a simple now, made by a grandma. It’s, I would say, looking like if it was blew up or something.
“Traditional knitwear is more soft and shapeless,” Li told Dezeen. “I wanted to find out a new way to present knitwear and was influenced by Modern architecture and 60s Balenciaga.”
It all sounds pretty sophisticated, but these mind blowing fabrics are very wearable and easy. “I wanted to make sure my collection is innovative but still wearable,” she said. And my fav look is the one with the pink dress with organza bottom- looks stunning. And the boots… Plastic rules!
A.W.A.K.E.
Street style icon and fashion editor Natalia Alaverdian delivers a fall collection that’s as experimental as it is wearable. Having already taken her style savvy from the street to the runway, we can only guess that her next destination is your closet. A.W.A.K.E, that this season was inspired with Edinburgh and Scoland’s traditional prints and materials. The classical checks on dresses and beautiful knitted 3-D sweaters with a goats head in creme colour. It all looks very comfy and warm, just perfect for Scottish winters!
Girl From Loft. Band of Outsiders AW13
This is a story about a girl, whose living on Greene Street in SoHO, New York, where actually is the fashion week. She lives in a old but kind of youth spirited loft on the second floor. Her apartament is like about 65 m2. She likes to party hard at night, in day she is cool but a bit “strange”… She has lots of friends and enemies- but still she is amazing. I would call her a bit psycho but amzing. Wears a school girl velvet dress with white collar and tomboy shoes… The name of this story is Band of Outsiders AW 2014! The collection was great! Loved the knitted hats and all the dresses that were like school girls but with some punk in. Additionally, they were worn with black long gloves and flat shoes in white and black colour. And the plum colour leather skirts with some dot shirt was also a great composition. But the most impressing was last look- the velvet blue maxi dress with pink and violet embelished sequins- that was such a great ending! Hope to see more collections like this one by this label!
Design & Culture by Ed 