Central St. Martins graduate Mark Fast produced formulated knitwear with heavy embellishments, recasting the female form into a range of salacious shapes and silhouettes. Using a special stretch poly-cotton to bind the body, Fast's creations exuded pure sex. Meanwhile, the design duo behind Meadham Kirchhoff used wax cow hide to work unstructured leather into high-voltage biker jackets that took power dressing to new extremes. The collection's edgy looks were further accentuated by bead-encrusted footwear from Manolo Blahnik.
Cooperative Designs also used knitwear, but designed the material in angular ways that beautifully draped around the body to flatter curves. By contrast, Osman Yousefzada's collection was based around corsetting and asymmetric patternwork. Vintage fashion expert Didier Ludot was so impressed by the young designer's work that he is now displaying Yousefzada's collections in his Paris store window. For KTZ, Marjan Pejoski's use of leather, studding and slashed fabrics suggested tonal layers of rock elegance, while creating a beautiful distortion on the body.
Such playful punk elements put these designers in the category of trend creators. So don't assume tailored leather trousers and PVC are the last of rock chic wearablity-we will see plenty more innovative rocker aesthetics in the seasons to come.
Jason Campbell
Editor-in-Chief JC Report
JustLuxe Contributor