Look what you made me do look what I made for you

I've always liked mens fashion, but it seems to be flagging a little a the moment, creativity-wise. I don't know- maybe I'm just not seeing it, or 'getting it'. I really like J.W. Anderson's A/W '10 collection though. Yes, its a bit dark, but the splashes of colour really liven it up. It is quite grungy/punky and has an early 90s vibe to it, but I quite like it. Only problem I guess would be that you'd have to have a certain look/attitude to go along with it. That depends on accessories though, if you wore the looks without the heavy metal boots, replacing them with a smooth brogue or such, the look could work for most people.

What is awesome about JWA is that he does womens clothing as well, so I'll post on that too, just thought I should put a little post on menswear due to my lack of such a topic ever, and seeing as I found a designer who's menswear I like.

JWA's an Irish designer, based in London, just come back off a holiday with a load of my Irish friends, so this seems like a nice homage to them.

Hope you're all having a good summer,

I'm in pieces it seems like peace is the only thing I'll never know

So I keep having dreams about being pregnant, its incredibly weird. Apparently it means that there'll be a new birth/idea/thing so...this inspired me to look at the designer who made a dress which Dannii Minogue wore whilst she was pregnant. This designer is Lisa Ho, although she uses a lot of black which I'm usually not a fan of, I quite like the designs with all the shapes and textures she uses. Of course I've put pictures on here that have colour though, because it would be boring otherwise. I quite like this trend with the computer/CGI/graphic printing on dresses etc. I think its fresh. I know fashion goes in circles, but this is new which is refreshing (apologies for the use of fresh x2). I've not posted about the Christopher Kane mushroom cloud tops/dresses- I'm sure you know of them- but that's the kind of cool new thing I'm talking about. The top with the kind of translucent material in it (i know it has a name, i've just forgotten it) is quite like a top I have, which I really love, but its too warm to wear at the moment, although its 10 degrees less here than it was when I was in the States.

I'm not so sure about the use of leggings with the outfits, it seems a bit odd for autumn/winter, but as you like, I guess.

Lovelovelove the striped jacket with the blue shell-like dress, in words it seems like it wouldn't work, but its just the kind of thing I would wear, because I'm a bit odd with my attire.

Lisa Ho seems to really like feathers, I've actually only added one outfit with feathers on here because I'm not a massive fan, nevertheless I think it looks nice on the first dress, colours fit well with the texture and trends.

OOHH and yeah, college has finished for the year, YESSS, I'm going away again on friday too :)

When I walk on the scene, ya'll know me

I returned from NYC and PHL yesterday, early in the morning, I'm still jetlagged , but I thought I'd post anyway, sorry for any horrendous mistakes in spelling, grammar etc. , but tiredness is not becoming to my brain. Yang Du is an oversize knitwear designer and I love it. If I was skinny I would definitely be wearing her creations. They're so cute and interesting. I also love the colour of the female models hair. Her website is nigh-on impossible to get into (or maybe it is just because i'm tired) Although the colours aren't THE brightest, they really stand out in contrast to each other. The geometric patterns fit well with what I've been seeing for A/W, its so hard to imagine wearing jumpers at the moment though, as in NY & Philly it has been 35+ degrees C (105 degrees F I'm told) and 35% humidity, (which really helped my hair ha)

I'm going to be honest here, I don't really like Macy's. I thought it was going to be amazing and I was disappointed by the fashion; the cuts weren't flattering, the patterns weren't cute, I was confused. Nonetheless, I found a sweeet necklace- Alice in Wonderland style so all is good. I actually started watching Alice in Wonderland on the plane to the US, but I got bored after about 20 minutes, its not all its hyped up to be is it?

All the right moves in all the right places

YES MY FRIENDS, Newgen is back and with some very cool new designers. They may be even too cool for me, but I'll try to do them justice. So lets get started, Felicity Brown, a designer from my home-town, has created these beautiful dresses, not so ready-to-wear, but I can see them being worn at red carpet events. The dip dyed ends of fabric look like they're about to drop off the ends of the dress, (in a good way) like icicles, or stalactites, (hope that's spelt right). The layering is very interesting because of how the layers are draped it seems like a weaving on some of the dresses. Whatever it is called, its heavily artistic and very interesting to look at. These are some of my favourites, you can see more by looking at the London Fashion Week Website . Her designs are some of the first A/W '10 designs I've liked, I've been in a fussy mood recently, hence the lack of posts because I don't want to write about things that I don't really like.

What's weird though is that Felicity Brown's website has completely different clothes on from the catwalk collection. On the website, the clothes are totally ready-to-wear, as in I could quite happily snap up one of the dresses and throw it over a pair of black tights with my brogues.

You only get one shot, so make it count

Although it is still chilly outside, the joys of spring and summer fashion has past and we look ahead to autumn/winter 2010. I'm rather saddened by the lack of colour in the autumn/winter collections that I've seen from London Fashion Week so far. However, I noticed Osman's collection, although focusing on darker elements, many pieces were highlighted with flashes of colour. I really like the suit-look, an edgier look than the blazers I'm wearing at the moment, there's something appealingapart the sharp look. Perhaps it's still to do with the anti-chav inside many of us, where I live the preppy look is rising as a result of this. A lot of the designers are going for the 'red carpet' look, which not many of us get to grace, so I'll be interested as to how this is incorporated into high street looks. I'm not so sure of the large-thighed trousers, (I'm sorry I don't know the correct term yet) they remind me of the fertility look that Malvin Vein did the week he was eliminated from Project Runway. :(

Thoughts on Osman's collection and/or London Fashion week's blackness?