Sibling Menswear
London Fashion Week comes to a close with it's last day tomorrow, showing the Menswear showcase.
It will be a late start to the event with the first show, by MAN, not taking place until 14.00 MAN, in it's eighth season now will present designs from J.W. Anderson, Christopher Shannon, James Long and Topman Design.
Up at 15.00 is the Sibling film presentation, featuring installations by Jaiden rVa James, Katie Eary and Martine Rose.
Following this at 16.00 is the b store show. Known for their checks and turned up trousers. Designers, Matthew Murphy and Kirk Beattie list their inspirations as, "Parisian student riots in the sixties, Sonic Youth's Teenage Riot and post punk Thatcherism students."
Also up at 16.00 in the BFC tent is Tim Soar who has made the move from the music industry to fashion. Tim told londonfashionweek.co.uk: "For a year or two I had felt an increasingly strong urge to move into fashion design. I felt that I had something to say about modern menswear and that it was time to move on from the flippant to something more serious."
Carolyn Massey is next at 16.45. Her signature styles are a good spattering of black, some interesting silhouettes and an obsession with the make and craft of menswear.
At 17.30 is the last show of London Fashion Week, E. Tautz. Designer Patrick Grant says of his designs: "We cut English clothes, with attention to the line of the shoulder and waist, classically proportioned and well balanced. We use the cloths that our clients on Savile Row ask for, substantial cloths that tailor well and wear well. Cloths and materials that improve with age. We use Yorkshire worsteds and West of England flannels, Shetland wools, and English Bridle leathers. You’ll find throughout little flashes of London Tan, the classic mustard yellow of the old London tanneries."
So that is it for another season, roll on September and the spring/summer 10 collections!
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