Spring 2013: Showrooms

Fashion shows are exciting. Knowing you're witnessing collections for the first time in public, checking out new hair and beauty trends, looking out for this season's break-out model, listening to the new tunes the fashion crowd have adopted into their playlists... But one of my favourite parts of fashion week is the designer showrooms where collections are hung out and displayed close enough to touch. Feeling the fabrics, spotting intricate details lost on the runway, realising the beautiful shade of purple is in fact more of an indigo away from the catwalk lights....

I had the pleasure of getting up-close-and-personal with the collections of London designers at Somerset House, as well as at the British Fashion Council's showrooms in Paris. Take a look below for some highlights.

J. JS Lee

Palmer Harding

Simone Rocha

Simone Rocha

Christopher Raeburn

Sister by Sibling

Mawi

Erikson Beamon

Sophia Webster

Holly Fulton

Nasir Mazhar

Piers Atkinson

KTZ

Photos from Paris

And without further ado, I thought it was about time I posted some photos from my trip to Paris. Take a look below for some shots from the Kenzo show and the colourful crowd outside afterwards, along with some snaps I took while wandering through the beautiful city.

Powering through the whirlwind...

I've been terrible at blogging lately. First came preparing for London Fashion Week, then came the shows themselves, before preparing for Paris, followed by Paris itself in all its glory and thereupon recovering from Paris... And all the while I've been working on Issue 7 of 1883 magazine. A whirlwind to say the least. I've got so much to share from the past month and a half, but until I find the time to carefully edit, here is some inspiration via Gaws. Nothing like some visual motivation to help push you through a whirlwind of work.