Dresses flow for Beckham, billow for Goddard: London fashion trends

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LONDON: London Fashion Week, which ended on Tuesday, produced some standout new silhouettes, from Victoria Beckham’s flowing dresses to Molly Goddard’s breezy creations.

Goddard’s Blowing Clothes

Actor Jodie Comer, who plays the killer and “fashion victim” Villanelle on the hit television series “Killing Eve,” made a mark when she opened Goddard’s show on Saturday in a candy pink tulle dress. .

Fans of the British designer’s floaty creations were not disappointed at his show, which was set in an art deco gym in London.

She sent her models out in voluminous skirts and dresses, with vibrant colors like canary yellow and coral, wearing flat leather shoes.

Romantic ribbons draped the shoulders of a pink knit over a black dress with a floral print.

After the show, Goddard said he had no particular theme in mind but was focused on “individual form”.

“A lot of it was looking at the things I’ve done in the last five years that I love the most, and making them bigger, bigger and better,” he told AFP. he told AFP.

Victoria Beckham’s Simple Beauty

A long silk dress in powder pink or violet, a wide-collared shirt with a houndstooth jacket with straight trousers for the 70s: Victoria Beckham played the chic and simple card for her show at the Foreign Office’s Royal Court.

There was gentleness, freedom and simplicity in his words.

Beckham’s front row included her entire family — husband David, the former star Manchester United footballer, and their four children — as well as fashion magnate Anna Wintour.

The show attracted around 20 activists from the environmental group Extinction Rebellion, who briefly blocked the road outside the venue to protest the waste generated by fast fashion.

Androgynous Lines by Sharon Wauchob

Roman suits that can be worn by women and men alike were a treat for Irish designer Sharon Wauchob, who says she has “always loved androgynous styles”.

The show, held at a church in London’s upmarket Marylebone district, was attended by actor and singer Billy Porter — whose half-DJ, half-skirt designed by Wauchob rocked the Oscars.

“Fashion is about diversity, inclusion,” Porter told AFP. “I want to be the image I never saw as a kid: a black man.”

Fyodor Golan’s hybrid identity

Designer duo Fyodor Podgorny and Golan Frydman drew inspiration from Gerard Corbiau’s films “Farinelli” and Milos Forman’s “Amadeus” — as well as Queen Marie-Antoinette.

Playing with contrasts, they mixed lace with heavy metal t-shirts and paired denim with lighter materials like satin and tulle.

“We explored the idea of ​​sexism — attraction to a person regardless of that person’s gender identity,” he wrote.

The show also had a bedroom theme — a duvet that doubles as a cape and a pillow repurposed as a bag.

Models stepped out in psychedelic-hued oversized pajamas or tights, while babydoll nightdresses morphed into evening gowns.

Styles, Not Trends: Roland Mouret

French designer Roland Mouret said after his show in the garden of the Royal Academy of Arts, “The concept of trends is dying out. Styles are better than trends.”

Moret, who has lived in Britain for years, warns that following seasonal trends means consumerism.

He said that people should be encouraged to set their own style.

Moret said he was inspired by 1980s New York when the city was on the brink of bankruptcy — before bouncing back.

She used pastel colors — mauve, pale blue and beige — for her calf-length dresses and wide pantsuits. Asymmetrical skirts and dresses, cut in the front, rounded out the show.