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London Fashion Week - DAY TWO

Sun, 21/02/2010 - 8:25pm
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Maria Francesca Pepe. Image Selene Pearson

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Maria Francesca Pepe. Image Selene Pearson

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Jacob Kimmie's bride. Image Laura Munday

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Jacob Kimmie. Image Laura Munday

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Jasper Garvida. Image Laura Munday

We began our sunny Saturday meandering amongst Maria Francesca Pepe’s dark fairytale. Like something plucked from an ominous Angela Carter fable, her gothic sensibility took over the light, bright Portico Rooms. Her jewellery is all centipede-like segments and sharp claws and this season some chunky religious iconography adorned necks, looking suspiciously like medieval torture devices.

There’s always someone at London Fashion Week who expresses their style with lofty headwear, and that someone usually manages to bag the seat in front of mine. I might petition for an official London Fashion Week rule book and the first motion to pass will be the one to relegate those in six inch bunny ears to the back of the room. FUK has spoken.

Luckily, there were no obstructed views at Jacob Kimmie who’d managed to snaffle possibly the most beautiful room inside the Freemason’s Hall where the Vauxhall Fashion Scout is housed. Usually we only see the ceiling in an eye rolling situation (and at LFW there are often plenty) but the view up above was enough to entertain whilst we waiting for the show to begin. This season Jacob has collaborated with leather artist Ginta Siceva whose intricate laser cut masks were pared with the designer’s monochromatic tailoring. Paired with the stunning surroundings, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d been transported to Venice for a masked ball. The show finished with an ivory wedding dress, with the bride carrying a young baby in a bespoke leather sling, leading us to believe that white was perhaps not the most fitting colour but beautiful nonetheless.

Cast your minds back to 2006. You may recall Italy winning the World Cup, poor Steve Irwin going off to wrestle crocodiles in the sky or Google buying Youtube for a silly amount of money. Or what about when FUK discovered Jasper Garvida? No? Well here's a reminder:

http://www.fuk.co.uk/afw06/tuesday

Having won Project Catwalk since then, a smattering of 'celebrities' lined the front row (though we could only identify the lovely Beverley Knight) to see Jasper's Art Deco inspired collection. Chrysler building-like segments adorned felted bomber jackets and slinky gowns could have been plucked straight from Keira Knightley's back when she played Cecilia Tallis in Atonement. After the veritable celeb-spot fail at Jasper's, we skipped and hopped all the way to PPQ at the BFC tents where we got to unapologetically ogle George Lamb and give a Geldof girl the side eye. And as for the clothes? Black and gold. Lamé ruffles. Monogrammed knitwear. All flashbulb ready for London's party scene.

Words: Selene Pearson