AGI AND SAM FALL/WINTER 2012

Agi and Sam, the wonderful brainchild of designer friends Agape Mdumulla and Sam Cotton, presented it’s Fall 2012 collection not too long ago at London Fashion Week. Their bespoke prints and comedic lookbooks are a refreshing product of an often-times more serious London. Bearded cherubic men, vibrant colors, interesting cuts, and prints fill most of this enigmatic collection.

The designers, known for their commitment to environmentally friendly practices, used recycled materials to create the pieces in their latest collection. In collaboration with the UK’s GreenPac, the designers also used recycled plastic bottles to produce the fabrics used in the line.

MARY KATRANTZOU FALL/WINTER 2012.13

Mary Katrantzou stuck with her head-to-toe print signature look this season and is surely giving Erdem a run for their money! This collection is very vibrant and conceptual with exquisite details within the garments such as spoons, pencils, and even a typewriter. Where they do that at?!

After the show, Katrantzou said: “It was about showing product placement through different colors. I chose the items per colour: it was important to me to associate colors with one everyday, mundane item.” Absolutely brilliant.

ERDEM FALL/WINTER 2012.13

Favorite show of LFW so far? I think so! THIS is how you do prints! Erdem’s Fall collection is filled with a beautiful mix of lace and digital print. Each piece is almost reminiscent of of artwork, no? (Fitting seeing as the collection showed at the White Cube Gallery). A knock-out color palette of ochre, damson and royal blue and scatterings of beautiful blooms guaranteeing this collection to top anyone’s ‘If I won the lottery’ shopping list.

ACNE FALL/WINTER 2012.13

Acne was all about layering, belts, small waists and lots of fabric! Super thick waist belts took over the show (the new-age corset, perhaps?), nipping in quilted jackets, and luring through inflated shirts. Colors started in deep dark maroons and oranges onto more acidic splashes of green, blues, and yellow. Structure and definition rained the Acne show for sure. A+! -TLI

JOHN ROCHA FALL/WINTER 2012.13

This could perhaps be our favorite collection from John Rocha in quite some time. A stunning collection of Sheer blacks, ruffled metallic silks, fur Panels and structured leather Jackets. Rocha is known for his distinctive style and quality that he provides with every collection and stuck with it in improving techniques and playing with fabrics, which he aims for every season (and has clearly been successful).

CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS FALL/WINTER 2012.13

London Fashion Week has got off to a great start as models walked the runway for various designers at Somerset House in London. Central Saint Martins is always a spectacle to look forward to as it gives a chance for rising British designers to showcase what they’ve got on a grand scale. As many as 16 designers, including Antoni & Alison, Bora Aksu, Corrie Nielsen and designers from Central Saint Martins MA showed their creations at the event.

Some Central Saint Martins alumni? Stella McCartney, Christopher Kane, and even the late Alexander McQueen. Check out the full show here!