London Fashion Week: Daily wear day two

A mixture of an early start, sore legs and a concert to go to tonight (meaning running home to change into evening clothes!) means that this is the most unexciting of my fashion week outfits and flat shoes too. And I believe it is also the first time i've been photographed in jeans or trousers on the blog!

My legs are by far and away my worst feature, so I generally avoid drawing attention to them by sticking to skirts and darket tights or leggings. But jeans and plenty of black is an easy option for an early morning:

Jeans and bag from Dorothy Perkins, Jacket from River Island, Tunic and shoes from Topshop, Belt from primark. It's a head to toe high street ensemble today!

Fashion week is a great success so far and although I haven't enjoyed all of the shows i've been to; i've met some lovely fellow bloggers and seen some great shows. I can't believe there are only three more days to go!

Love Tor xx

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LFW AW10: Hanako Narahira at A la Mode

There were eight designers at the a la mode show. Six of these were nice, but nothing to write home about; Two however were really fun to watch. The first of these was Hanako Narahira; an experimental knitwear designer who studied at Central St Martins.

The knits were oversized, and I loved the giant woolen plaits. There was a lot of use of neon, which I feel we've seen before in knitwear collections, but I love to see designers who have fun with knitwear; knitting has a reputation for being such an elderly occupation, and this is ripe for subversion!

So many different colours and textures of wool were used and I loved seeing the lurex with the touch of sparkle. I don't know enough about knitting techniques to review this properly, so i'm just going to let the images speak for themselves:

Seeing shows like this makes me realise there just isn't enough knitwear in my life!

Love, Tor

*A la mode is an off schedule show organised by La Geneve North - you might remember this, because I invited you all to attend a couple of months ago!

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LFW AW10: Gemma Slack presentation

When I got to the Gemma Slack presentation the presentation room was tiny and crammed with people wanting to see the short film that launched at around the time I arrived. I couldn't seem much of the 3 minute short (it's one of the perils of being tiny in a room full of people wearing 6 inch heels) but it was very loud and artsy. It was the clothes I came for, and although the layout of the room wasn't impressive (half of the outfits were hidden behind the film screen and couldn't be seen at all!) I was impressed with the collection.

I loved this studded mohair jumper dress. The shape of it is fierce. I also immediately thought "this is ripe for blogger diy" - I wonder how long until we see someone trying to create this at home?

It was a very "fetishist" collection which made me think of a German sex club (not that i've ever been to one!) There was a lot of leather and mesh. Everything was in black and more than the fabric or colours, what was most impressive about the collection for me was the strong shapes.

On the press release Slack cites the themes and images of Bram Stoker's Dracula as a starting point for the collection. She also talks of the eroticism created by the contrast of the chiffon and the leather. This really makes sense to me; the collection oozes sex.

What do you think? Does this inspire you to don a tight leather skirt and hit the town?

Love Tor xx

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