London Fashion Week Vs New York Fashion Week – Part 3

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In our previous blogs Part 1 & Part 2, we have discussed the trends and colors seen on the runways of the London Fashion Week & New York Fashion Week. Now let us take a quick round of LFW and NYFW to know the forecast for fabrics and trims.

Fabrics, prints & embroideries at London Fashion Week :

Floral and dragonfly motifs remained central in collection showcased at LFW by designers from Matthew Williamson to Mulbery, House of Holland, Eudon Choi, Mary Katranzou, and John Rocha. Cut outs twisted and shaped into flowers by Christopher blossomed on the range. Leather complemented the subtle base fabric at Mulberry, Burberry, Haizhen Wang, Daks. Use of Tailored lace,  feathers, crochet, sequins by Peter Pilotto, House of Holland and Meadham Kirchoff and Tom Ford embellished the sheer fabrics in soft pastels.

London Fashion Week 2014 : Matthew Williamson – Print & Embroidery
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London Fashion Week 2014 : Christopher Kane – Frayed Edged fabrics.
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London Fashion Week 2014: Marios Schwab – Denim dress
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London Fashion Week 2014 : Mulberry – Feminine silhouettes
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Prints were everywhere at LFW, with floral, stripes and graphic prints being at the core. Frayed Edged fabrics by Christopher Kane’s and Topshop Unique’s rough edged boucle suit and Marios Schwab’s denim dress for laid back day wear carved a different direction of ease with simplicity. Designers gave iridescent fabrics a feminine guise with fluid shapes and sugary hues. Stripes and graphic prints ignited the runway with their presence in range showcased by Burberry, Mulberry, Jasper Conran, Peter Pilotto and Ryan Lo collections.

London Fashion Week 2014 : Mary Katrantzou – Acid bright florals
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London Fashion Week 2014 : Jasper Conran – Contrast color block prints
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London Fashion Week 2014 : Tata Naka – Graphic prints
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London Fashion Week 2014 : Haizhen Wang – relaxed silhouettes tailored from leathers, white linens and purple metallic polyesters.
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London Fashion Week 2014 : House of Holand – sequins & embroidery
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Fabrics, prints  & embroideries at New York Fashion Week :

Sheer fabrics were predominantly woven into NYFW runway dresses. Crepe, poplin, denim fabrics, chambray also graced the runway with their presence. Jill Stuart’s little black dress (LBD) in black crepe with black lace. Marissa Web crafted a masterpiece with slim sheath covered in a zigzag mix of flowers, shattered glass and stripes and touches of “powernet,” sort of like a mesh. Rebecca Taylor’s crisp white poplin shirting and geo-eyelet layered with tactile matelaffe, laminated knits and crystal-encrusted lace was a trendsetter. Francisco Costa employed woven leather, snakeskin with a reflection of light and summery hues set in the backdrop of urban landscape. LFW witnessed a widespread experimentation with denim blended in varied silhouettes.

New York Fashion Week 2014 : Jill Stuart – LBD in crepe with lace
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New York Fashion Week 2014 : Marissa Webb
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New York Fashion Week 2014 : Rebecca Taylor – basic white shirt
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NYFW featured trivial cutouts and harnesses, on sheath dresses by Prabal Gurung, Nicole Miller’s springtime fashion quotient hinged on a patchwork of gardens, mazes, chandeliers and shattered mirrors, sequins.

New York Fashion Week : Anna Sui – print & delicate floral embroidery
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New York Fashion Week 2014 : Oscar De La Renta – delicate embroideries
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New York Fashion Week 2014 : Mara Hoffman – Bright hues, cutouts, and flowy silhouettes.
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New York Fashion Week 2014 : Jason Wu – The bias-cut, gold-beaded in feather-light flowy fabrics
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With a brief glance at the forthcoming trend for fabrics, let us now step up to know what silhouettes will enhance these fabrics. So wait till we get you the list of silhouettes by some eminent designers who dazzled the fashion show with their reverberating collection.

London Fashion Week Vs New York Fashion Week – Part 2

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apparels, colors, fabrics, fashion blog, freelance fashion designer, garments, London Fashion Week, metallics, New York fashion week, pastel, pink, Spring 14, Supriya Ghurye

We have already made a subtle emphasis of the mood that will rule Spring Summer 2014 in Part 1. Now we bring to you the hues, the tints, the shades that graced the London and New York fashion week.

Colors at London Fashion Week :

Pink hues and shades of blue by Burberry, Preen by Thornton Bregazzi,  Temperley London,  J.J.S. Lee, Antonio Berardi and Eudon Choi on the LFW runway personified the delicacy of collection. Glimpses of Neons at  Preen by Thornton Bregazzi midst the dominant pale pink at LFW SS14 was heart throbbing.  White, black, blue remained few of the evergreen colors.

London Fashion Week 2014 – Burberry
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London Fashion Week 2014 : Electrifying neons by Thornton Bregazzi
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Pastels of all shades were also prominent featuring in the collections of Zoe Jordan, Christopher Kane and Peter Pilotto, and in the make-up for Burberry at LFW.

London Fashion Week 2014 : Christopher Kane – Pastel shades
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Colors at New York Fashion Week :

Black and white ruled the roost at NYFW with glimpses of pink and pale blue, green ,yellow, orange. The show revolved around pastels and pale shades with Prabal Gurung’s pearlescent pink and sky-blue draped dresses, Jill Stuart’ s rock ‘n’ roll collection in black and white complemented by pale blue color extravagated  on flouncy pleats in short dresses and skirts.

New York Fashion Week 2014 : Tommy Hilfiger’s collection.
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New York Fashion Week 2014 – Marc by Marc Jacobs, Prabal Gurung, Philosophy, Alexander Wang, MM6, DKNY, Adam Selman.
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Rag & Bone played with metallics, and featured a palette of black, white, pink, peach, sand and aqua at NYFW.

New York Fashion Week 2014 : The Rag & Bone – black & white palette
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So these were some of the shades that painted the runway for Spring 14. We will soon get you the fabrics, the prints, the graphics that fuelled the collection in sync with the theme.

London Fashion Week Vs New York Fashion Week – Part 1

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apparels, fashion blog, fashion designer, floral, garments, layered, LFW, London Fashion Week, New York fashion week, NYFW, pink, runway, silhouettes, Spring 14

As the Spring’14 trends rolled out on the runway, London Fashion Week sketched out delicate elegant women with a tint of pink and floral prints in its layered flouncy dresses fabricated in sheer iridescent textures and New York Fashion Week portrayed the women’s power with a reflection of its eternal beauty draped in oversized white button down shirt feminized by the contouring of body lines and intricate detailing coupled with cropped denim pants. So we decided to do a comparative study between the key trends showcased during New York Fashion Week (NYFW) & London Fashion Week (LFW).

New York Fashion Week – SS’14
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Setting the trends: INSPIRATION

London Fashion Week (LFW) showcased the embellished, bejeweled, appliquéd designs with a subtle touch of unique simplicity. Runway bloomed with the incense of floral prints which had a pink hue in its textures rendering it the 3^rd dimension. Delicately crafted organza petals dispersed over dresses, heavily embroidered floral designs stitched into satin, and sheer layers of flora fabricated into designs that revived the decades of 60’s and 70’s.“Flower prints have been done to death,” admitted Christopher Kane after his show.

Floral Extreme – London Fashion Week
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London Fashion Week : Christopher Kane – Flower motifs
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London Fashion Week – Floral print rendering in 3rd dimension.
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London Fashion Week : John Rocha – Delicate pastel floral.
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London Fashion Week : Matthew Williamson – Flower power, cutouts.
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‘Soft’ collection by Burberry &feminine romance reflected in Temperley London collection. Breeze of elegant full skirts & feminine hue swept of some gentle memoirs of 60’s, 70’s & 90’s. Some collection were said to have strong 60s references included Mulberry and Sister by Sibling, while Holly Fulton, Henry Holland and Jonathan Saunders harked back to the 70s. Thats is all about the inspiration of London Fashion Week collection showcased by various designers.

New York Fashion Week (NYFW) men-inspired oversized attire, crop pants was feminized with embellishment and detailing. Post the restrained clothing of Fall, designers painted a relaxed look with the ease and attitude of the West Coast lifestyle and iconic California beaches.”We want to see a woman cooler, more relaxed, and that’s sexy,” said Max Azria backstage before the show. NYFW appeared to be largely influenced by 20’s and 30’s.

New York Fashion Week : Marc Jacobs – Contrast color florals
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New York Fashion Week : Bibhu Mohapatra – Fluid dresses / Figure-hugging sheaths / Boxy shells / Embellished gowns
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New York Fashion Week : Prabal Gurung – use of bold colors and transparent fabrics
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New York Fashion Week : Nicole Miller – florals with abstract graphic prints
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New York Fashion Week : Milly by Michelle Smith – Paint brush feminine print with Hawaiian influences
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On the canvas of NYFW Prabal Gurung painted an “idealized women” using transparency as his tool. Miller named her collection “Rebels With a Cause,” and offered a tagline: “Power Meets Pretty.”. Francisco Costa simulated the inspiration from Basquiat, Picasso and Madonna into layered dresses.

So here we end with this insight into what inspired the designers and what did their collection personify. We will soon bring you the COLORS that will enter your wardrobes this Spring’14 in our next part. So keep reading and stay stylish!!!