MARIA GRACHVOGEL DESIGNS LEAVE YOU FLOATING ON AIR…

Maria Grachvogel is an utter genius when it comes to stylistic superlatives of length and volume and today’s show more than lived up to her global reputation.

Blouses were soft, sleeveless and silver-grey, trousers flowed powerfully, yet gracefully as tidal waves, jumpsuits were elegantly figure-embracing, with  ‘v’, ‘square’, and draped-necks and dresses were maxi-lengthed, columns of grace…

Any departure from her well-loved repertoire incorporated asymetry, most notably in a dazzling dress, the colours of which seemed to have been boldly applied free-hand. The relaxed mood was also illustrated by a tie-front, cross-over jacket, as well as a wonderful, grey leather blouson, masterfully cut, in defiance of the its usually, less pliable properties.

Prints, though digital, had an artisanal touch, seeing steel-grey stripes merging with oak-browns, coffee-caramels saturated into chocolate-browns and pastel-peach to add a subtle drama. A stand-out motif had the appearance of veins from the underside of a leaf and appeared upon skirt and blouse separates, as well as being echoed upon both black-on-white and sheer versions of a floor-sweeping dress.

A glorious gown of the afore-mentioned chocolate brown/ grey variety with a stunning, fishtail train was the last swathe of garment to close a show which, from start to finish, exemplified the polish, poise and versatility typical of Miss Grachvogel’s distinguished design flair and artistry.

Simply put, it was a sublime crescendo to a spectacular last day…

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AFROW’S IN THE HOUSE (FASHION, THAT IS)!

Great mor-ning to all of you a-mazingly fashion-forward people out there!

If, like me, you’ve barely slept in anticipation of the designer going’s-on in this sprawling London metropolis, then congrats for being awake!

Well, my friends, it is with a heavy sigh and quite a hint of a pout, worthy of yesterday’s child dropping that ’99’, that I announce this to be the last day of London Fashion Week….BOOOOOOO!!!!

HOWEVER, there are still some BIG HITTERS, fixing to notch up hip ‘n’ happenin’ home-runs a-plenty…..YAAAAAAAAYYYYY!!!

For starters, Simone Rocha is totally going to prove in her own inimitable style that the fashion-fruit doesn’t fall far from the Rocha-family talent-tree!  Then we have the exciting new names of Ashley Williams, Claire Barrow and Ryan Lo, as presented by Fashion East. Meadham Kirchhoff creations will also take to the runway, as will those of Emilio de la Morena, Lucas Nascimento, Haizhen Wang and the one and only, Maria Grachvogel! Look out for Stella McCartney, who will be serving up her vision on behalf of Adidas, as well as Tata-Naka and the fabulous Anya Hindmarch, who promises to give us an experience which will be out of this world!

You see, Afrow told you the day was stacked!

There’s something to satisfy even the most ravenous of all of you glorious couture cognoscenti, so go on, get your plates ready for a pick ‘n’ mix fashion-fest, like no other! Oh and don’t worry if you haven’t got your cutlery or your serviette…seriously, who has time to wipe a face when there are so many mouth-watering ‘maisons’ on the menu?!! I’ll certainly be using my fingers!!!

Bon appetit!

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