The Fashion Week 2012 started on Friday morning, on a very busy first day at the Somerset House: Models walking around before the shows, bloggers trying to take quick shoots of the most interesting street styles, journalists interviewing different people in the courtyard.
This was definitely a very great mood for the start of the new
Autumn Winter 2012 season presentations.
The first fashion show I was able to attend was “Bora Aksu”. It took place at the BFC Show space, one of the most well-known venues of the Somerset House. Long queues formed about one hour before the show but fortunately the weather was not too cold on that day, and it was fairly manageable to wait around before being let in.
Background information:
Bora Aksu is a Turkish designer based in London
He graduated from Central St Martins in 2002, and has been creating collections since then.
He became well-known for the cocktail dresses he created.
Bora Aksu created for this new 2012 collection 2 main themes: classy modern shapes in tones of pale pink, grey and black reflecting classical winter colours, were contrasting with the bold geometrical shapes of very colourful pieces – pretty summery I have to say – mixing pink and different orange grades.
He was inspired for this collection by Henry Darger’s “Story of the Vivian Girls”, contained within the 15,145 page work known as “In the Realms of the Unreal”. From a technical point of view, this is the first time that the designer is making full use of prints on clothes.
The next fashion show I will report about is Francesca Marotta's new collection, so don't hesitate to come back and check it out!
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