LFW diary: A chock full day 2 of Ashish, Vivienne Westwood, House of Holland, Jonathan Saunders, and more!
Jardins d’Ashish, a collection chock-a-block with sequined sunflowers, daisies over checkerboard patterns, and the occasional brick wall, brought day two of London fashion week to a sunny start—even if it ended on a much (MUCH!) colder note. After the show, I headed backstage to meet Ashish Gupta, the designer behind Ashish. “I think was feeling quite romantic this season, and didn’t feel like I really needed that sense of humour,” he said. While the designer isn’t widely known in North America, his designs are pretty major across the pond; he’s launching his second Topshop collab next month. (Note to the Bay: bring it, bring it, bring it!)
Other highlights of the day were seeing Vivienne Westwood backstage, half an hour before her show (which included some brilliant hair extensions and elfin ears), playing a game of “Who is that?!” at House of Holland, trying to guess all the British It girls, the super-feminine dresses at Emilio de la Morena, Felicity Brown’s salon show, which was on the second floor of the Royal Opera House and couldn’t possibly have been set at a better venue, and of course, Jonathan Saunders, which is always one of the highlights of LFW. Inspired by the girl living in Miami in the ‘50s, dresses, sheer tops, and pants featured a very Florida-esque palette (think coral, bright blue, and a bit of mint green and black), pyjama dressing at its best, and Saunders’ signature expertise in prints, colour, and patterns. Stay tuned for the Backstage beauty look from this show.
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