Christopher Kane Fall 2009

First time I saw Kane's dresses at "Fashion Rocks 2007", while the wonderful Beth Ditto and The Gossip performed their song "Your Mangled Heart". She wore a sparkling purple dress made by the designer, and looked amazing, even more then some of the models catwalking behind her.

Everything I saw from him so far were precisely created precious gems.

The shapes and cuts are classic, but there's always something revolutionary, which gives a special edge to these trademark short dresses.

This recent collection was all about optical contrast. Heavy tops and breath-light skirts in the beginning. Then the stripes and waves ruled the outfits. Opposite geometrical patterns, and different materials were matched perfectly on his runway. Keep on Christopher!

Regards, Miska

source: style.com

Central Saint Martins Fall 2009

Everything, I missed from the New York shows was there at this marathon-length presentation of the graduate students of Central Saint Martins.
No references, no '80s retrovibe, but full of fresh ideas decent shapes and styling.

Asymmetry, variaton of lengths in menswear, strong shoulder-lines, techno-materials. catchy colour-combinations. Some collections were extravagantly futuristic, some were pure chic, some were playfully new.

Don't understand, why style.com didn't mentoined the designers names. Most of them are to memorize immediately.

I wish good luck for all these young talents! If you are the future, I can't wait!

Regards, Miska

source: style.com

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Found some of the designer's names on DazedDigital, tadah!: Laura Mackness, Matteo Bigglardi, Oden Wilson and Chary Westberg.

News: here's the link to the youtube video of the show (can't embed it...):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QalXD2d-L9E&