REPORT BY CLARE COULSON, FASHION FEATURES DIRECTOR, HARPER’S BAZAAR
PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATWALKING.COM
The biggest problem when faced with Erdem’s collection is how to make rapid notes on all those incredible prints, intense colours and finely worked details (perhaps, for a start, someone could come up with a colour sequel to Niki Segnit’s Flavour Thesaurus). His autumn collection will surely have his fans salivating, including Samantha Cameron, who sat front row at yesterday’s show. This season, Erdem developed painterly abstract prints with shots of magenta, emerald and turquoise, which were worked into long, lean velvet or silk dresses. He reined in his silhouettes, focusing on shifts and neat pencil skirts, while occasionally letting his prints sing on more billowing chiffon dresses. But he also showed how to wear all those prints in a more modern way, by teaming a lustrous silk skirt with a plain raspberry pink Aran knit, or contrasting a long-sleeved printed tee with a clashing A-line velvet skirt. And for anyone still not convinced of the allure of print, Nicholas Kirkwood’s delicious silk boots provided a pretty attractive access point.
