Editor’s picks from London Fashion Week S/S 2015: womenswear collections

Models from London Fashion Week S/S 2015
Meadham Kirchhoff: The design duo's anarchic offering threw all fashion rules out the window as they cast real people in their crazy-coloured, costume party of a collection. Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans
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By Jack Moss
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Models at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Marques' Almeida: After having their way with denim draped into asymmetrical, halter mini dresses, Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida toyed with transparent silk ruching, before breaking into panels of kite-like, coloured chiffon. Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans

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Models at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Issa: Wild horses ran free at Issa under creative director Blue Farrier, followed by Pop Art florals that were realised in both looped macramé and 3D blooms. Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans

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Models on the runway at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Roksanda: Curved colour-blocking met industrial wire-inspired embroidery at Roksanda's electrifying spring show

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Models on the runway at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Anya Hindmarch: The accessory designer took us on a runway ride for spring,  with our seats revolving around the catwalk space like an amusement park attraction. As for the bags? Hindmarch went suitably neon for the fairground

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Models standing in furry coats at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Shrimps: '[It's] part Pleasantville, part Flintstones,' explained Shrimps designer Hannah Weiland of her Spring collection and set design that took inspiration from the Bedrock-like architecture of Jacques Couëlle. Introducing faux stingray and jaguar print to her signature gillet and boxy chubby, she also updated her fluffy clutches with pearl edging, before adding a silk pyjamas collaboration with poplin into the mix. Not to forget her faux fur heels thanks to another pairing with Sophia Webster

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Luscious hothouse backdrop

Barbara Casasola: Setting the stage, the Brazilian designer once again teamed up with scenographer Mathias Renner for her show's luscious, hothouse backdrop, which perfectly offset her long, lean and sensual offering

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Models posing at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Barbara Casasola: Taking us back to the 1990s, metallic rib knit became slinky tank dresses and hip-skimming tube skirts, as cut-out body suits were tucked into plissé pleated maxi skirts. Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans

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Mulberry: Despite the continued absence of a creative director, Mulberry's in-house team did a smashing job. Inspired by the quintessentially English garden of Sissinghurst, the collection honed in on delphinium and cow parsley motifs, which were laser-cut, beaded and screen printed into and onto all matter of leather and silk tea dresses, while clumpy heels took their cue from gardening clogs 

Mulberry: Despite the continued absence of a creative director, Mulberry's in-house team did a smashing job. Inspired by the quintessentially English garden of Sissinghurst, the collection honed in on delphinium and cow parsley motifs, which were laser-cut, beaded and screen printed into and onto all matter of leather and silk tea dresses, while clumpy heels took their cue from gardening clogs 

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Black two-in-one Delphie Duo bag

Mulberry: Expanding upon the outdoor theme, the house's accessory team debuted its genius new two-in-one Delphie Duo bag that can be changed over from its woven trellis finish to minimalist plain leather in one quick flip

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Collection of tribal rings and crystal chain necklaces

Hunrod: Rick Owens' wife and creative collaborator Michèle Lamy and American jeweller Loree Rodkin were in town to debut their Hunrod collection of tribal rings and crystal chain necklaces at London's Dover Street Market

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Models at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Vivienne Westwood Red Label: The politically vocal designer used the timeliness of her Red Label show to pin Scottish pro-independence badges to her draped dresses. Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans

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Installation of products for both living and retail environments

Yohji Yamamoto 'Urban Nomads' exhibition: To celebrate the London Design Festival, Torsten Neeland presented an installation of products for both living and retail environments at Yohji Yamamoto's London store. Neeland honed in on 'unseen products' such as clothes rails and coat hangers, with different styles of hangers to support different types of clothing. Clothes rails were produced in maple, while the three styles of hanger were also fashioned out of wood, but with the addition of cork to support different fabrics without damaging them. The installation was accompanied by a photographic exhibition of images by Thomas Krappitz

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Colourful resin jewellery and homeware store

Dinosaur Designs: Renowned for its colourful resin jewellery and homeware, Australia's Dinosaur Designs has opened its first European store within London's Ham Yard hotel, designed by award-winning Australian architect Iain Halliday of Burley Katon Halliday

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Models posing at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Topshop Unique: The British high street brand nodded to the 1960s with a sportswear inspired collection. Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans

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Models posing in front of digital screens elements

Edeline Lee: The London-based Canadian teamed up with luxury paint and wallpaper specialists Little Green to create a series of house-proud mise-en-scènes complete with layered digital screens elements for S/S 2015

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Shopping salon on London's Grosvenor Crescent Mews

Moda Operandi: We took a tour of the American e-tailer's new private shopping salon on London's Grosvenor Crescent Mews

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Light pink chair in front of a pink wall

Moda Operandi: Designed by Fran Hickman, the pretty-in-pink space spans two lavish floors

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Models dressed in nautically nuanced salon collection

Natasha Zinko: The London-based designer may be known for her playful jewels (and more specifically her trademark bunny ear rings), but she set sail with a ready-to-wear offering for S/S 2015. Kicking off London Fashion Week with a breakfast at Claridge's, the Central Saint Martins graduate presented a nautically nuanced salon collection that saw deep-sea pearls decorating the straps of cocktail dresses and silken slippers, as ruffles were inserted into pastel hued brocade separates...

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Gold-dipped anchor jewelry

Natasha Zinko: …not to overshadow her latest jewellery offering of gold-dipped anchors that were conceived with an Art Nouveau flourish

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Models posing at London Fashion Week S/S 2015

Christopher Raeburn: The British designer has never met an anorak he did not like, and this season he experimented with the utility piece, shape-mixing transparent fabric, swirls of marbling and a camo-esque print inspired by the decommissioned aircrafts that litter the Arizona desert. Best in show: Raeburn's forest green 'Cool Wool' mini, parachute rucksacks and his runway ready 'Reef' sandal - that's sure to keep this his utopian traveller marching forward. Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans

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Roksanda Vivienne Westwood Christopher Raeburn Belstaff Marques'almeida Yohji Yamamoto
Jack Moss
Fashion Features Editor

Jack Moss is the Fashion Features Editor at Wallpaper*. Having previously held roles at 10, 10 Men and AnOther magazines, he joined the team in 2022. His work has a particular focus on the moments where fashion and style intersect with other creative disciplines – among them art and design – as well as championing a new generation of international talent and profiling the industry’s leading figures and brands. 

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