Fast found fame quickly for his super-stretchy, totally unforgiving knitted dresses, after moving swiftly from completing his MA at Central Saint Martins to showing at LFW a couple of years ago. The trouble with a strong signature look is that the people lauding you one minute may be hungry for progression the next. Fast’s latest collection featured more of those meshy micro dresses, some of which were decorated with vibrant fringed skirts that became more colourful as the show progressed. Other knits were mixed with plastic panels or sheer sections, or adorned with chunky crystals. Fast named “Amazonian reptiles and butterflies” as among his inspirations – and there were certainly lots of vivid colours in all that fringing and in the bright yellow, pink and tangerine dresses. This time round, he included a “bride” at the end – or, at least, a solitary white dress shown separately. It would take a brave bride to wear his long white dress with its fringed skirt and fringed sleeves. Fast’s knits are innovative and exciting, but it would be great to see him loosen it up a little once in a while, too.
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