Fyodor Golan SS19 at London Fashion Week

Titled: Lost & Found - the designer duo teamed up with the charity Plastic Oceans UK & used abandoned fishing nets (which form one of the largest dangers to marine life) on the set to illustrate the topic of plastic waste in our seas – conveying a positive message and supporting ocean clean up and repurposing waste.

Washed to shore, SS19 is about abandoned elements from various eras revisited. Such as the abstract silhouettes of cotton roped gathered mini-skirts evocative of 80s shapes

Here sporty surfer details are mixed with castaway elements found on beaches from pretty seashells and pearls to the not so pretty plastic and abandoned fishing nets. 

Sandy pebble beaches are shown as a cork jacket, fish scales as a sequined skirt teamed with recycled cotton shirt embellished with sustainable real pearls.

Nautical stripes are updated and styled as sails from the stiff triangular sails dress to the lowered billowing spinnaker skirt teamed with scuba style top.

Colour palette includes the sea blues of aqua and turquoise, the crashing wave whites as well as fuchsia and reds of the ocean coral life.

Prints contrast from strict graphics to monster oversized flowers inspired by american painter Jamie Adams. 

The designer duo collaborated with SEGA's Sonic The Hedgehog to create a feel of your favourite childhood pyjamas contemporarily reimagined. Look closely and you can see Sonic hiding among the check grid.

Video of the finale

Photo credit: Chris Moore

www.fyodorgolan.co.uk

Simon Mo SS19 collection at London Fashion Week

Born in Taiwan and raised in Malaysia surrounded by sea, Mo feels a strong sense of personal responsibility and urgency to draw plastic pollution to people’s attention, so through his SS19 collection titled: 'Seas the Day', he aims to promote global change in aid of admiration to the Sea by looking at the tales of adventure, myth and fantasy, where gods and humans alike revered the power of the ocean.

Vintage scuba diving suits show exaggerated shapes and silhouettes.

Deep ocean blue sequins on tailored jackets and shorts whilst a pale blue air bubble print adorn the inside pleats of a pin stripe asymmetric dress.

 Gauze fabric skirts that looks like waves.

 Layers of coats and casual dresses styled for a feel of athleisure, while adding a modern dimension to the retro marine components.

Photo credit: Oda Eide

www.simonmotl.com

i-am-chen SS19 at Fashion Scout during London Fashion Week

This Hong Kong based fashion knitwear brand founded by ZHI Chen is the winner of the SS19 coveted Merit Award

 Watching the Vietnamese film ‘The Scent of Green Papaya’ Chen was inspired by how the main character Mui finds beauty in the small details of her surroundings: water droplets on a leaf and speckled sunlight through the undergrowth.

 The green foliage and nourishing rain are the spirit of Chen’s SS19 collection.

 She introduces the finest silk knit using an 18 gauge knitting machine with Japanese superfine silk yarn. Knitted together with Italian translucent yarn the result creates pieces shimmering like speckled sunlight.

The collection is colourful and youthful bringing a fun element to knitwear.

 Lip chains and statement earrings by Yui Jiang

Photo credit: Catherine Baker for Fashion Scout London
 

www.i-am-chen.com

Afrodite SS19 Collection at Fashion International during London Fashion Week

Titled 'Black Sparta'  African fashion brand Afrodite's designer Lyly Ngoy was inspired by the women warriors of Dahomey, an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Western African kingdom ( present-day Republic of Benin ).

The Dahomey Amazons were all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey. They outdrilled, outshot and outfought men and became frontline troops, battling tenaciously and with great valour till the kingdom's defeat by France in 1892.

The collection is a merge of African tradition, history, and European modernism. featuring bold, rich vivid African prints framed in beautiful silhouettes in a contemporary way.

Lyly Ngoy showcased her collection with Fashion International in the Ballroom of the Amba Hotel Charing Cross.

Lyly Ngoy is an emerging Congolese British designer who has an MA in Diplomacy and International Relations and is the motivation behind luxury contemporary African clothing brand

“Afrodite”. Afrodite specialises in unique, fashionable clothes and accessories, exclusively hand
made using the finest fabrics and materials. The effortless sophistication and elegance found in the pieces flatters the body shape and makes each wearer stand out from the crowd.

www.afro-dite.com

Omar Mansoor SS19 Collection at Fashion International during London Fashion Week

Inspired by Grace Coddington, US Vogue’s creative director for 30 years, Omar Mansoor injects just one colour into his SS19 collections– Red. 

At first glance we all realise this bold primary colour is representing Grace’s iconic wild red mane, but Mansoor also goes deeper and uses the red to symbolise her strength, passion, desire and determination – all characteristics of being a strong ambitious woman..

 Modest necklines and full- length statement dresses offer both a practical and an elegant solution to women’s fashion needs.

 Whilst the diffusion line plays with a variety of lengths in a range of fabrics including chiffon, tulle, crepe and lace combined with embroidery 

and embellishments of large sparkling sequins dancing loosely on sleeves, hems and teh bodice of a jumpsuit.

Whilst red faux pearls are scattered over a gypsy style short dress.

Mansoor showcased his collection with Fashion International in the Ballroom of the Amba Hotel Charing Cross.

Footwear by Lucy Choi London

Photo credit: Shahid Malik

www.omarmansoor.com