On day three of
#LondonFashionWeek, Steve_O_Smith went intimate, KnwlsLondon disrobed and Patrick__McDowell proposed romance. Here’s what you may have missed.
A nominee for the BritishFashionCouncil’s Vanguard prize, Steve_O_Smith staged a salon-style show, articulating the backstory behind each look as it graced the audience. The palette was intentionally tight: a creative challenge to push himself against.
Liverpool-born Patrick__McDowell’s latest collection departed from the cult Wong Kar-wai film, In The Mood For Love, leaning on the verdant colour scheme and their own, signature freesia appliqués. A first for the designer, the show closed with a structure-less, floating bridal gown to the tune of Etta James’s song ‘At Last’.
Design duo ChopovaLowena took over a bowling alley, sending out an army of witches, vampiresses, and contemporary emos clad in mishmashed tulle skirts and bedazzled peasant fare. Faux fur patchwork and Peruvian wools joined the mix, alongside psychedelic an...