Ones to Watch
Designer: Kirsty Strong
Though reduced to tears by Louise Williams, course director of Central St Martins famed Fashion MA, Ki
Bellmer’s La Poupée photography, which showed the disassembly and reassembly of plastic body parts. Ward’s designs have a more romantic air, but are etched in violent black and white. The designer is currently working for Alberta Ferretti in Italy, a tenure that one hopes will be short.
Trend: Rough Styling
The 1980’s brought many new influences upon fashion. Women empowered by their own disposeable income were given a magazine, with Anna Wintour at the helm of Vogue, that reflected their powerful position as the audience of high fashion. At the same time, heavily stylised new-romanticism emerged. The early 90s, trying to forge an identity of its own, had its grunge years, a concept taken too seriously by major houses to produce inspiring fashion. Prada playfully referenced this fashion misstep but with rouches and accessories more associated with couture.
Model: Sessilee Lopez
Chosen as one of the covergirls on Vogue Italia’s All Black issue, Lopez’s career is littered with covers, editorials and shows, but has only recently returned to prominence. She had a brief stint as one of the world’s most sought after models in the fall shows of 2005 when aged just 16. 2008 brought her first couture show, for Givenchy.
Disaster: Hybrid Shoes
Was it the popularity of Christian Louboutin 7-inch heels or the Ghesquire-commissioned monstrosities that means every year shoes get higher and bolder. Balenciaga and McQueen riffs (shown here) are impressive, but in designers’ efforts to outdo ‘Meccano-shoes’ and other deathtraps, Spring/Summer 09 models, including one unfortunate girl at Miu Miu, went flying. Hybrid shoes, the espadrille-stiletto and the wedge-converse (no, really) are just ugly.
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