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STYLE | Sass & Bide

Sass & Bide at London Fashion Week was all about London cool.  Geometric lines in black, white and silver with bursts of yellow is what the collection was all about.  Check out the runway show from State of Style Channel above.

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Metallics at Burberry Show

Burberry show at London Fashion Week for spring 2013.

A white cape over a pink metallic corset swimsuit opened the spring 2013 runway show for Burberry.  Followed by a white trench coat with cape-let detail over the shoulders and a sea of metallics.  A rainbow of metallic trench-coats tightly belted that made their way down the runway along with cocoon shaped sleeves, coats and capes.  

Christopher Bailey, head of design at Burberry, said the collection was inspired by photographer Norman Parkinson's images from the 1940s and 50s.  The collection had models in pencil skirts, corseted bodices and dresses in pinks, sapphire blue and shades of beige.  Body-hugging, slim silhouettes were paired with cropped jackets or capes.  

  

Bailey also told the press he looked at the Burberry archives for an added source of inpiration.  The trench is a signiature Burberry item that goes back to its beginnings.  It was seen throughout this collection restyled for the modern woman and with the cutting edge touch of metallic color.

Watch the full runway show below:

Madonna's Brother Launches Shoe Line

                                                   

 

Christopher Ciccone (Photo: Dailymail.co.uk)

When your big sister is a worldwide superstar, it's hard to step out of her shadow.  Christopher Ciccone, younger brother of Madonna, is showing the fashion world his sister isn't the only one with creative talent.  The artist/interior designer just launched his first shoe collection at London Fashion Week.    

Being the brother of a music and fashion icon can be something of a challenge to create product that would been seen as innovative and to garner the respect of the design community.  The collection includes rubber boots, brogues, sneakers, sandals and his version of riding boots.  Most of the styles use rubber, leather and canvas to create pieces that have his artistic stamp on it.  Ciccone's designs were inspired by Mondrain, Delacroix and Georgia O'Keeffe.  He says that doing shoes isn't like his artwork because with this anyone can have a pair.  But with art it's limited to one buyer.  

He told CBS.com, "The difficult task was to bring something new to the market and give (the shoes) an uplift and make them a bit more interesting to wear as fashion as opposed to something that just keeps your feet dry."

He chose to debut the collection in London because he says that he's always had a connection to the city.  "I think the footwear connects to the city itself from the design point of view and from a functional point of view."  The shoes, with their rubber soles are definitely suited to wet weather conditions London is best known for.

The Ciccone Collection

                                         




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Lady Gaga Walks the Runway

Lady Gaga opens the show for Philip Treacy's runway show at London Fashion Week.

Lady Gaga brought star power to Philip Treacy's catwalk at London Fashion Week.  The show, which was themed after Michael Jackson's comeback show, opened with Gaga wearing a bright pink cape-like garment and saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest milliner in the world: Philip Treacy."

Treacy is best known for designing hats worn by many celebrities and the royal family.  The runway show featured clothing from Michael Jackson's career on stage paired with Treacy's elaborate hats.  The items from Jackson's collection included the red leather jacket worn in the Thriller video.  It was a show like no other.

PhilipTreacy spring 2013 hat.

Philip Treacy, spring 2013

                 


                                  

STYLE | London Fashion Week: Bora Aksu

As quickly as New York Fashion Week came to a close, London Fashion Week opened with an ecclectic range of designers.

          

The romantic inspired collection by Bora Aksu was made fit for a queen.  Aksu, who is a London-based Turkish designer, told the press he was inspired by the queen of Romania who was also Queen Victoria's grand-daughter, Marie.  Models were adorned with paper crowns with a child-like feel of innocence.

The fabrics were soft, flowing, and delicate.  The color palette was in soft shades of lavender, ivory, grey and yellow.  Some models legs were covered in patterned hosiery that looked like tattoos.  The collection was feminine with patterns printed on organza that seemed influenced by the Art Deco period.

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London Calling

With New York Fashion Week wrapping up in a couple of days London is preparing for fashion's elite to descend upon them.  London Fashion Week will be September 14-18 and is sure to be packed with the UK's best in design.  Known for it's street edge, creativity and outrageous style, the city of London promises to deliver the best for spring 2013.

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