LFW exhibitors: Morana Kranjec

Today I would like to draw the attention on one of the exhibitors of the fashion week,

which I found very interesting for the technique and methods used. 

At the Vauxhall Fashion Scout, one of the designers on the permanent exhibition

aside the catwalk shows was Morana Kranjec.

Morana Kranjec is a Croatian designer who studied Textile Technology at the University of Zagreb.

 

She has been strongly inspired by Japan in her designs, using armour shapes,

but also creating origamis for her dresses.

 

Her whole collection is hand-made using paper, and every single piece shows

very bold and rich Lady-Gaga-style designs.

   

Morana Kranjec has been inspired by Goran Konjevod’s origami works and by Iris Van Herpen’s designs. The shapes are usually quite simple, but the construction of the patterns is very complex.

Her collection conveys futuristic designs yet emphasizing women shapes, but it is also very interesting because it combines fashion with architecture through 3D forms.  

LFW A/W 2012, Bernard Chandran

The presentation of Bernard Chandran’s A/W 2012 collection took place 
at the symbolic LFW location of the Vauxhall Fashion Scout.

The show was attended by a few VIPs including Keisha Buchanan 
from the Sugababes and Pandemonia.
  

 

This season vintage roll fringes were complemented by red lipstick, 
giving a refined look to this collection.

 

       

Bernard Chandran worked with a specific set of colours: black remained a basic, 
while you could see as well grey, brown, pale pink and dark blue. Some flashes of red were seen now and then (lipstick and nail colour), especially on one of the collars created.

         

The designer created specific collars for this collection using geometric shapes. The different collars were added to most clothes and made them even more sophisticated.

       

Bernard Chandran used for this collection mostly lace and transparent fabrics, 
as well as satin in different tones and leather.

       

 

  

The finishing touch specific to the designer was given by tiny transparent triangles on the shoulders, made of shiny / plastic-like material. This detail, present on some of the clothes, emphasized again the modern effect by giving the shoulders a larger scale and a square shape.   

            

The whole set tends to show the look of a modern and sophisticated woman from the city, with dresses for special occasions as well as suits and coats for casual wear.

  

 This collection was very interesting in terms of the detailed work carried out by Bernard Chandran, while combining a vintage look with modern clothes

Looking forward to the SS 2013 collection !