2010 Fashion Fringe prize winner Corrie Nielsen’s debut solo show was a sumptuous feast for the eyes, and a demonstration of true artistic genius.
I do realise that it’s now the close of Day 3, making this post precisely 2 days late, but between 15 hour show days with not a moment to stop (quite literally, lunch is eaten out of a box in the car en route to the next show) and an average of 4 hours sleep a night, I’ve forgone my blogging duties in order to soak up as much of Fashion Week as possible.* But fear not, I have a veritable library of wonderful photographic moments to share with you over the next few days.
The first day of Fashion Week is widely considered the ‘warm-up’ for the days to follow. The alpha editors are yet to arrive in town (from the last big shows on the New York Fashion Week roster), and our feet are yet calloused from tottering on our Louboutin heels over the perilous cobbles of Somerset House. That said, Day 1 was far from short of highlights. In the absence of energy to write anything more substantial, here is a visual collection of a few of my favourite moments from the day.
The Preen salon show, where the jawdroppingly intricate embroidery and hand-embellished beading was a demonstration of workmanship of the highest calibre.
Practical? No. Art for the feet? Yes.
From birdies in trees at both Orla Kiely and Mulberry, to white feathered dresses at Felder Felder and Prophetik, to Maria Grachvogel’s plumed Erikson Beamon cuffs and ruffs to Hilary Alexander’s OTT fabulous feathered cape, birds and their feathers seem to be the order of the day.
Maria Grachvogel’s beautiful show in the newly re-opened Savoy Ballrom. Watercolour printed silks and burnt orange gowns were the perfect start to the morning.
The sight every sleep-deprived, hungry editor wants to see: Laduree macarons in our front row goodie bags at Corrie Nielsen
Stay tuned for the Day 2 highlights tomorrow!
Love, Miss B xx
* That being said, I do apologise if this post is incoherent babble. It’s currently 2:00am and I have a 6:00am wake-up call for shows tomorrow.
The embroidery is so beautiful. Goodie bags seem like they’d be so much fun to get. You don’t seem incoherent at all! Have fun tomorrow!
Lovely pictures! I liked the light colors and militar green, very pretty!