Growing content and excitement at LFW’s menswear day today, with the grown ups starting to join the new talent. Where next? Two days? A mens fashion week? Watch this space. LFW has been a great success, creating a laser focus on Britain’s leading design talent. Next up is our “Value of Fashion” report, defining and measuring the broader industry. Dull stuff? Far from it. It will enable us to show those that need to know that fashion isn’t just a great creative success, but one of Britain’s most important economic forces and that will help take us to a whole new level.
Exciting times.
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Report by Katie GreengassGrans and grandads, lock up your husky jackets, outerwear is having a moment. Our old friend the coat does, of course, make up the flavour of winter but this season London designers have played the cover up centre stage.
“Designers are especially concerned with jackets and coats this season,” Harrods’ Fashion and Beauty Director Marigay Mckee told The LFW Daily. “Bombers are the particular favourite along with the military style jackets,” she said.
Burberry based an entire collection around aviator jackets while Charles Anastase layered knitwear on top of overcoats. Daks took the husky and gave it an up to date, eccentric spin via leggings, capes and bonnets from the traditional fabric. Design duo Basso & Brooke weaved Trompe-l’œil goretex anoraks into their ensemble and at Aquascutum Michael Herz transformed tailored jackets into full-length dresses. Meanwhile, at Mens day today [Wed], E Tautz featured the ultimate in deluxe outerwear courtesy a cashmere fit for a prince. Luckily one [HRH Prince Michael] was sitting front row and was seemingly rather taken by it.
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