Oliver Spencer renowned for his menswear, has now stepped in to womenswear with his first capsule collection for AW13.
Asked why he decided to venture in to the women’s side of
fashion, Oliver explained that he realised women were discovering his brand
through their boyfriends/husbands and had started to buy the smallest sizes of
his men’s collection for themselves.
So
it was a natural progression to create a capsule wardrobe for his female
followers of style. Taking inspiration from the menswear collection, he has kept
close to the men’s designs creating an androgynous capsule wardrobe but
ensuring the pieces were cut and tailored to fit the female form.
The wide colour block horizontal stripes found
on the men’s AW13 trousers and suits are repeated on the Willow shirtdress and
the men’s comfy joggers in marl grey have found their way easily on to the
women’s section.
Keeping the same inspiration as his men’s AW13 collection,
Spencer looked towards the 20th century German art theorist Joseph
Beuys and his involvement in the 1960s Fluxus Movement which saw art as a game
for the artist to reconfigure the rules. Trousers are narrow with an
androgynous silhouette but fitted close to the body and are complimented with
loose tops for that clean tailored look.
The Willow shirt dress in navy is indigo dyed to mimic a denim look, but also with a diamond shaped print reminiscent of a Japanese kimono pattern.
The Willow shirt dress in navy is indigo dyed to mimic a denim look, but also with a diamond shaped print reminiscent of a Japanese kimono pattern.
Can we expect to find Oliver Spencer women’s collection on
the catwalk of London Fashion Week in the near future? Oliver has no plans as
yet. At the moment he finds the design and creation of the women’s collection a
relaxing diversion to the demands of his men’s collections and wants to keep it
that way for a while at least. Maybe not a whole show at LFW, but here’s hoping
he will consider adding one or two female models wearing a few women’s pieces
into his men’s catwalk show.
Images by photographer Jasper Clarke
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