London showrooms

It seems Emma Watson was not the only one that had slipped into a dress from a season ahead at NYC's London Showrooms event this week. Amongst the SS10 Marios Schawb's and Preen's I found one of the Erdem that we featured earlier on soVIPzone along with one of the cool art deco-inspired Holly Fulton dresses that we also adored from LFW. But it was one of those cool orangy-brown Peter Pilotto dresses that truly put a smile on my face; specially after yesterday's post. It's kind of exciting to see so many pieces being worn ahead of time but at the same time it worries me because this speeds up the pace of fashion even more. I'm pretty sure wearing seasonal clothes is still pretty fashionable. Or at least it should be.

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[Pictures: Style.com, Vogue.co.uk]

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London Highlights

London fashion week seemed like a reaction to NYFW. New York was pleasing and the renowned names delivered but American fashion tends to be rather homogeneous. London is anything but. For FW10 many designers chose to morph their signature styles into unaccustomed looks that resulted in very a refreshing variety (Note how Matthew Williamson refrained from making glitzy garments). soVIPzone's favourites (Antonio Berardi, Marios Schwab and Christopher Kane) were far from disappointing. My legs still wobble at the sinuous lines of Schwab and Giulia is still gasping for air after Berardi's peek-a-boo lace and Kane's embroidered leather. Peter Pilotto surprised me, there is something commercial yet fascinating about his clothes and the way he uses fabric. I was baffled by how much I enjoyed Holly Fulton's pop-art-deco prints. I'm not a big graphic print fan, you see. Who were your favourites?

[Pictures: Style.com]

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