As well as print magazines – my heart goes boom – I adore the beauty that is letters, parcels and packages. Since leaving university years ago, when one of my best ladyfriends and I were separated by hills, rivers, mountains and the M25, we have corresponded an awful lot through the medium of post. With [...]
Words & Photography by Akeela Bhattay Ever since I first discovered Lako Bukia’s collection on the catwalk, two seasons ago, I have been a keen follower of her work and have tremendously enjoyed the presentations of her distinct designs. So, I was very eager to see the unveiling of her Autumn/Winter 2012 collection at London [...]
Written & Illustrated by Emma Block This year everyone at London Fashion Week seemed to be getting in touch with their inner child; or maybe it was just the high cost of child care that lead to so many under-fives on the front row. There were a lot of shows where the presence of these [...]
Illustration by Emma Block Written by Emma Block. Photography by Akeela Bhattay. Corrie Nielsen was a show that held a great deal excitement for me; it was my first show of the new season and my first ever in the BFC main show space. I got papped in the queue to get in, which is [...]
Words and Photography by Akeela Bhattay Having vicariously followed her career via Gabby Young (who frequently wears Inbar Spector ensembles on stage) and Katie Antoniou, and then seeing her mesmerizing SS12 catwalk show in September, I could not wait to discover Inbar Spector’s Autumn/Winter 2012 collection at London Fashion Week. A rendition of Obsession, by [...]
Written by Helen Martin. Photography by Akeela Bhattay. I think of myself as someone that goes in – shoo – and out – toosh -. Like that. Thus, clothes that are supposed to ‘hang’ in that nonchalant way, do not. I need fitted, waisted and feminine. Inevitably then, shapes from the past are those that [...]
Words & Photography by Akeela Bhattay It’s always feels a little bit surreal attending a ‘mainstream’ catwalk show at London Fashion Week. I tend to spend most of the week at the Vauxhall Fashion Scout venue at Freemasons’ Hall, discovering designers whose creations will wrap themselves up in my memory, tickle my senses and visit [...]
Illustration by Hannah Hope The full version of this review by Akeela Bhattay, including photographs also by Akeela, will feature in Lionheart Magazine’s print edition. The past two seasons, I have missed Bora Aksu’s catwalk shows at London Fashion Week, due to it clashing with others. Both times, I have massively regretted not attending, so [...]
Words & Photography by Helen Martin The movement, power, shape and femininity make Ji Cheng’s designs scorchingly beautiful. With her inaugural London Fashion Week show, Chinese designer, Ji Cheng took my breath away. A sleek, sophisticated and elegant, modern China was shown through her graceful designs. Fabric was wrapped lovingly around models and bows nipped [...]
Illustration by Emma Block Words by Helen Martin. Photography by Akeela Bhattay. I think there is something about a show on Sunday, it’s like a tea party in the labyrinth. Delicious, but there is a small sense of the world being twisted slightly, fantasy becoming real and home’s door, submerged in the forest. I’ve always [...]
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