Trends at London Fashion Week 2019
Just over a week ago, one of, if not the most exciting red-letter events of the fashion calendar came to a close. London Fashion Week, centred on 180 The Strand, is one of the big four fashion events of the world, its peers being New York, Paris and Milan, all known alongside our capital for being beacons at the cutting edge of fashion. These are our highlights.
Tailoring Took Centre Stage
The happiest news from the runways, at least from where we’re sitting in Shoreditch, is that proper tailoring is having a moment. Strong-shouldered jackets, double-breasted cuts worn open and easy, and head-to-toe suiting for women appeared across the week. The silhouette has relaxed since the skin-tight years: jackets have room to move, trousers are wider and higher in the waist, and the whole look is closer to what a well-cut suit has always done best, which is flatter the person inside it rather than restrict them.
Colour, Check and Pattern
The week was anything but grey. Sorbet pastels and bold, saturated colour ran through the collections, alongside the checks and windowpanes that keep working their way back into British tailoring. For the less runway-inclined, the takeaway is simple: a checked jacket or a suit in an unexpected colour is no longer a risk, it is the trend. And because made to measure means choosing your own cloth, you can take the idea exactly as far as you dare, from a quiet windowpane to full sorbet.
Sustainability Was the Loudest Statement
The biggest story of the week wasn’t on the catwalk at all. Questions about fashion’s environmental cost followed the shows everywhere, and the industry’s answer is pointing in one direction: fewer, better clothes, kept for longer. We couldn’t agree more, and we’ve written before about sustainability at Orhan. A garment cut for your body, in a cloth you chose, repaired and altered as life changes, is the original slow fashion.
From Runway to Real Life
Fashion weeks set the weather, but you still have to dress for your own climate. The trick with any trend is to take the one element that suits your life, the colour, the check, the wider trouser, and have it made properly. Pop in to the studio, bring the looks that caught your eye, and we’ll translate them into something you’ll still be wearing when the trend comes back around again.
