I know, I know, I’ve
been absent from the fashion week game and completely missed out any NYFW shows
but long story short, I got way behind on keeping up-to-date and with the
transition of moving from Scotland to London and pre-projects to do before university
life begins… It’s pretty hectic, safe to say. But scrolling through my Twitter
feed, the British label Preen seemed to have brought me back out my fashion
hiatus and placed me back where I belong. Not a label I can say that I follow
and not really took much of a great notice to but for the Spring/Summer 2013
period, there was something quite effortlessly cool and super-modern about the
latest collection team duo Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi presented which
left me majorly kicking myself in the teeth for missing out on previous collections.
For Spring/Summer 2013, the duo presented garments in python, crocodile and
stingray prints against a background of white and navy with a small hint of
yellow, here and there. But that’s not all, there was graphic stripes running
across the body and light pink roses blossoming on the fabric. The team duo
demonstrated that they could present a varied range of stand-out prints put
together to create bizarre patchwork designs but still manage to present it in
such a controlled and subtle way. Patchwork and clash of patterns merged
together at its finest. It was an aspect that immediately captured me but it
was also the clean, simple lines of the silhouettes which gave the collection a
balance; not too much or too little. The attention to detail and the precision
in creating these garments is noticeable throughout the entire collection. Executive
Fashion Director Calgary Avansino from British Vogue said; "It was exactly
as it should have been - the fabrics paired with the shapes, the exquisite
asymmetry and slits in unexpected directions. It was exotic and luxurious,
there was a strictness that was a definite type of woman and you could see that
and that's quite rare to see in a show." Thorton and Bregazzi present a
collection with a strong range of prints and colour palette with softer
materials cut in minimalistic yet feminine silhouettes, that women with
different tastes in fashion would be able to still rock any one of these looks.
And if I was female, I most certainly wouldn’t want to be missing out! Check
out the rest of Preen S/S13
here.
