MEADHAM KIRCHHOFF SS12

This was without a doubt the most fun I had ever had at a fashion show! First up kinderwhores came out dancing around with powder puffs whilst the models started to filter out wearing the candy dream collection; lots of hearts and lace with cutout dresses that looked like they were made out of paper. Then little ballerina girls came out and did a little show, we thought it was all over until a gold curtain fell down at the back to reveal a pyramid of models dressed regally, all in pastel. My favourite hands down was the pink cape with bodysuit pictured last, the wigs with pink hair dye randomly applied and the awesome glitter platform cake shoes, everything was so incredible! The music just made you want to dance and everyone had the biggest smile on their faces, I wish all catwalk shows were this fun.

LOUISE GRAY SS12

Again, another more grown up collection from Louise Gray but I LOVE IT. I think it’s a lot more wearable than previous seasons, she has still managed to keep all the excitement and just refined her ideas. With it being her third season sponsored by COTTON USA, she is really starting to pave her own way in the industry as a high end ethical brand. The whole show was so much fun, I loved the colours and the textures, even the embellishment. I’m very happy for Louise, it being her first major show. Girl’s gunna go far.

MEADHAM KIRCHHOFF SS 2011

Meadham Kirchhoff SS 2011 London

This was the first show I attended in the Topshop showspace/Old Waterloo Eurostar terminal. It was a real adventure; going up the old still escalators and through the abandoned corridors until we arrived at the terminal. Pink champaign and tiny steaks on sticks greeted us before we took our seats.

The set itself was a wonder, a glimpse into the world of Meadham Kirchhoff. It was quite surreal having real flowers against giant glittered lollipops, feathery plumes in the background and the catwalk itself being the real terminal floor, that sort of gross plastic, rubbery tiling. Wonderfully weird to the tune of the Sugarplum Fairy.

The show started with an old interview tape of Courtney Love, as girls started walking out in bright yellows, lavenders and sickly pinks.

Garments were burnt and cut away, cuts were tight around the waist and baggy around the arms, loose skirts and baggy socks with insane glittered platforms by Nicholas Kirkwood.

Although the looks were sickly sweet, you could easily have worn every piece individually. The look was very 90’s grunge, Courtney Love Riot Girrrl style. Teaming friffy ruffle dresses with dyed hair and leather jackets.

I was obsessed with the Riot Grrrl movement in college; I used to buy second hand clothes, cut them up, sew on lace, add slogans, with Courtney Love and Bikini Kill on the stereo. Meadham Kirchhoff have really hit the nail on the head, right down the fan-zine credit sheets with stickers stuck on by the designers themselves.

The style is attacking femininity with femininity, a fist in the air against ‘normality’, and a question mark beside beauty.

Louise Goldin A/W 2010

(Music is by Apocalyptica – A classically trained, finnish cellists heavy metal band.)

This collection was my favourite of LFW. The pictures speak for themselves how amazing this collection is really.

The collection was first inspired by Origami and then later military. The idea of Origami has been done again and again but in a very obvious way.

This collection mastered subtlety; the sleeve seams in that fur jacket – stunning, the asymmetric sculptural skirts, the leather paneling with quilting details. I die again and again and again!

The outfit colour blocks in sections of olive green, black and navy blue, all my favourite colours, and of course, the military theme, my favourite too.

Louise is just getting better and better, i’m so excited to see what she comes up with next.