Toast SS13 - Prints & Patterns

Paisley Shirt £99

http://www.toast.co.uk/product/March+Collection/C7AF9/PAISLEY+SHIRT.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory.aspx%3fcategoryid%3dMarch%2520Collection%26seoterm%3dMarch%2520Collection%26&pcat=March+Collection&adimage=&clr=C7AF9_stone

Tuesday Neat jacket £185

http://www.toast.co.uk/product/March+Collection/C5AB9/TUESDAY+NEAT+JACKET.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory.aspx%3fcategoryid%3dMarch%2520Collection%26seoterm%3dMarch%2520Collection%26&pcat=March+Collection&adimage=&clr=C5AB9_indigooffwhite

Tippi Skirt £135

http://www.toast.co.uk/product/March+Collection/C3AD9/TIPPI+SKIRT.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory.aspx%3fcategoryid%3dMarch%2520Collection%26seoterm%3dMarch%2520Collection%26&pcat=March+Collection&adimage=&clr=C3AD9_multi

Marble Print Scarf – coming soon www.toast.co.uk
 

Hatch Print Top £85

http://www.toast.co.uk/product/March+Collection/C7BX9/HATCH+PRINT+TOP.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory.aspx%3fcategoryid%3dMarch%2520Collection%26seoterm%3dMarch%2520Collection%26&pcat=March+Collection&adimage=&clr=C7BX9_blue

Tapestry Rucksack – coming soon www.toast.co.uk
 

Stripe Cardigan £69 – Also available in olive/blue combo.

http://www.toast.co.uk/product/March+Collection/C6AM9/STRIPE+CARDIGAN.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory.aspx%3fcategoryid%3dMarch%2520Collection%26seoterm%3dMarch%2520Collection%26&pcat=March+Collection&adimage=

Going Neon with Jovonnista Ria Trench Jacket

Jovonnista’s best selling light-weight trench jacket comes in a brand new colour and also comes in a new improved material this season.

Using thicker material and enforced the buttons, it is more wearable and durable.
Plus in the hot colour of the SS13 season - lime green/yellow color.
Details including: chiffon sleeves, belted style with pockets  Price £60

http://jovonnalondon.com/store-jovonnista/jackets-coats/ria-jacket-lime.html

Also available in classic ivory

http://jovonnalondon.com/ria-jacket-ivory.html

Nova Chiu Spring/Summer 2013 collection

This is one glorious way to show off your holiday snaps! Using images from their travels, the designer duo Nova Chiu and Jeff Archer created digital enhanced landscape prints for their fabrics. 

Photographer Kean Diao

  Scenes of mountains, forests, streams and sunsets are brought to life in vivid colours by manipulating the colours and printing on fabrics of silk, satin, cotton and Spandex.

Photographer Kean Diao

The above skirt  uses strips of plastic for a pleated effect. Great to look at but maybe hard to sit down in.

 Scrunched and ruched neon organza as shown above adds texture but also creates a camera filter effect as it partly covers the prints.

Colour palette is cheerfully bright with pink, green, orange, blue, yellow and purple.

The prints add fun and ensure that the minimalistic and classic look of the collection is not taken too seriously

Ekaterina Kukhareva Spring/Summer 2013 Collection

The collection was inspired by Brigitte Bardot in her heyday 60s and her St Tropez lifestyle.

Patterns range from the basic stripes to the more complex intarsias and geometric shapes such as hexagrams, mosaics and bird's wing scales which originate from ancient Egyptian wall paintings.

 Colours are bright and sunkissed in lemon, pale pink, lilac, blues and mint green. .

From swimsuit to maxi dress, all are of finely knitted jersey in different weaving techniques including pleats and ribs.

 This is definitely a capsule wardrobe to carry on the fun from beach to evening.
Matching wedge sandals and bags are by AV. Creative ; and hats by Jordan Bowen - all especially designed for Ekaterina Kukhareva.
Sunglasses by Moo and jewellery by Gogo Philip

Stockists of EKaterina are:

Wolf & Badger & online boutique  www.thenandnowshop.com

www.kukhareva.com

Bernard Chandran Spring/Summer 2013 Collection

The collection was inspired by the rough edges of a close friend's love tale - of being in and out of love with the same man.
Like in the first stages of love, the collection looks uncomplicated,with smooth cotton mini dresses in whites and creams

But soon the mood changes and you do a double take as the front and back of each outfit contrast with each other in cut and design. 

 You see simple on one side, detailed on the other; short length on one side, long on the other– reflecting that there are two sides to every story , especially love .
Like the rigours of love, the garments take on a richer and more tactile look with glass sequin embellishments and fabrics of silk and organza.

Photography by Christopher Dadey
www.christopherdadey.com

Eugene.Lin Spring/Summer 13 collection - The Judgement of Paris

Inspired by paintings and idealistic moralities of The Judgement of Paris, Eugene Lin reimagines the tale in the modern 21st Century.

Lin's cutting techniques show the collection pieces as distorted and echo the state of undress of the goddesses Hera, Athena and Aphrodite as they each try to persuade Paris to choose them as the fairest one of all. 

Outwear is deconstructed into dresses and tops with a strong emphasis on belted waists and slim body con silhouettes.

A rich colour palette of earth tones; gold and black and soft pink interpret the three personalities of the goddesses

Lin's digital prints show the golden apple which started the argument of who was the fairest one.  Eris the goddess of discord had inscribed the apple with 'for the fairest one' when she was not invited to the marriage of Achilles' parents and threw it in to the party.

Don't you just love the patterned leggings and matching shoes!

Eugene Lin is stocked by online boutiques:

www.thenandnowshop.com

www.glam-net.com

 www.eugene-lin.com

Photography by Christopher Dadey
www.christopherdadey.com  

Jena Theo Spring/Summer 2013

Titled 'Hell's Angel', this collection tells of a strong and assertive woman living in close harmony with her environment.

And that includes spiders, insects and crustaceans which if you look closely you can find hidden in the designs.

the Jena Theo woman reflects and responds to the world around her with the clothes she wears by combining striking architectural silhouettes with the hand rendered tattoo print and abstract work of the artist O.Two.

Blending delicate organza and spun silks with the hardier latex;

Striking a glittering silhouette in glass beading and sequins.

And using hand-pulled screen printing and digital prints for a relaxed and soft cosmic effect.

Standing out from the herd are the cowhide pieces;

Another tactile showstopper is this honeycomb dress :

The main colour palette is of neutral nudes and blacks with a light summery accent of tangerine and citrus tones:

Denim is not far away as they incorporate key pieces from their new denim range in to the collection:.

Stockists in the UK are Wolf and Badger.

For stockists outside the UK check the website:

www.jenatheo.com

Craig Lawrence SS13 Collection

For SS13 Craig Lawrence uses his signature Kyototex yarns with optic fibres for the first time.

Inspired by phosphorescent plankton that glow in the ocean at night, the pieces are  silver metallic which become reflective at night when spot-lit or under flash photography.

The knits fall into four key groups:

Aequorea – column tiered dresses reminiscent of the fluid shape of the glowing jellyfish

Urchin – a textural take on Lawrence’s signature ladder stitch

Sponge

Scale

www.craiglawrence.co.uk