London Fashion Week inspirations spring 2015
“I have taken a cleaner approach to dressing, with less-structured silhouettes and a subtle masculinity. I’m inspired by the color and styling of Eighties sportswear.” – Amanda Wakeley
“I have taken a cleaner approach to dressing, with less-structured silhouettes and a subtle masculinity. I’m inspired by the color and styling of Eighties sportswear.” – Amanda Wakeley
“I’ve been looking into the work of the late Brazilian artist Lygia Pape.” – Barbara Casasola
“Exploring colorful curiosity.” – Helen Lawrence, Fashion East
Daks
“The collection is inspired by a wild camping trip I took in the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland.There are lots of utilitarian references, and there is a very defined silhouette.” – Danielle Romeril
Louise Alsop Fashion East
“Vampire gang.” – Ed Marler, Fashion East
“Back to basics, folding and origami, flat against 3-D shapes…Robert Morris’ felt sculptures and Lucio Fontana’s slashed canvases from the Sixties.” – Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman, Fyodor Golan
“It’s about stepping into a luxuriously feminine world. The research came from motifs of [Chinese] lettering and literature; the work of artists Fiona Rae [and] Georgia Russell.” Huishan Zhang
“The abstract works of Gerhard Richter.” – Louise Trotter, creative director, Joseph
Jonathan Anderson founder and designer JW Anderson
“Wildflower.” – Georgina Chapman and Keren Craig, founders and designers, Marchesa
“Dark, colorful, shine, crystal, wood, mess.” – Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida, designers, Marques’ Almeida
“Pangaea and Panthalassa and the metamorphosis of [their] elements.” – Mary Katrantzou
“Natural materials and colors are punctuated by bold black and white. The silhouette is boxy and minimal, but accessories add a refined playfulness.” – Margaret Howell
“We channeled the style of Babe Paley, the artistry of the Marchesa [Luisa] Casati, the verve of Daisy Fellowes and 1950s Norman Parkinson in India.” – Mandeep and Hardeep Kaur Chohan, cocreators, Nom de Mode
“We referenced [films by directors] Agnès Varda and Vera Chytilová, as well as looking at vintage leather textiles and the Pansies [fabric] designed by Howard Carter for Heals Fabric.” – Orla Kiely
“Sun Ra, a hero of mine.” – Roksanda Ilincic, Roksanda
“Musicals. ‘Summer loving happened so fast—Summer days drifting away to, uh oh, those summer nights,’ (‘Grease;’) ‘Don’t go wasting your emotion. Lay all your love on me!’ (‘Mamma Mia!)’ ” – Ryan Lo
“Boulders and buildings.” – Hannah Weiland, founder and designer, Shrimps
“Madonna in her early transition from an ambitious, rough-and-ready Lower East Side kid and dragging this look into her new world of international pop star. Tomboy and frills, punk and lady.” – Sid Bryan, Joe Bates and Cozette McCreery, Sibling
“We are embracing a very cool and relaxed vibe for summer for a full day-to-evening look.” – Alice Temperley, creative director, Temperley London
Vivienne Westwood Vivienne Westwood Red Label