My Fashion's Night Out: Sept 8th

I know, I know...I'm not exactly fast on the updates when it comes to these things!
So anyway, my first FNO ever, not gonna lie, it's not like I experienced the whole thing but at least I experienced it! At first glance, London's FNO seemed like a massive party down Oxford Street with urban-esque music blasting from every store. I have to say, I've never seen so many partly drunk and partly excited people on Oxford Street at this time before; it was as though night life of Leicester Square and the chic style of Mayfair had come together. Since I arrived late, I wasn't able to go to many stores but here's my experience in pictures..

Topshop displays: colour blocking with a rough edge
Topshop on FNO: Unimpressive...hardly any activity...a lousy notepad for spending £75, a DJ and a fashion moments display..I definately expected more..

The party at Urban Outifitters; truly urban with some good discounts and awesome displays.

The display dress for the evening at French Connection with 20% off everything

Forever 21- I was so excited to see the new store in London since I hadn't been yet. Although, I didn't buy much; recently raided F21 in America and bought a suitcase full of stuff. 

Pull & Bear: biking challenges, polaroid pics, 20% off and drinks here....was definitely worth the visit. 

In Summary; A unique experience of a celebration of clothes and style in some of the best High Street fashion stores in the world (or so I would say ;) ). 

My first fashion show!! & VFS Exhibition Favs

I managed to get hold of a ticket to an Alice Palmer show at Vauxhall Fashion Scout on the last day of Fashion Week and it was great show. Known for her knitwear pieces, Palmer's show was a great crowd pleaser as she lived up to expectations of combining both minimalistic style and edge with the knitwear. I wasn't able to get any great pictures but here's a couple (a little blurred).

 Like I said...not the best pictures in the world! So here's some proper photos of the best looks;

Holed, spiky and asymmetric knits dominated this runway with hardly any colour other than white, black, nude and peeks of crimson on one look. Palmer was going for the edgy, 'rock sensibility' looks for A/W 2011/12. One thing that is great about this collection is the way the designer has been able to create 3D sculpture-like dresses and looks; the dresses almost embody themselves. My favourite look was the strapless white and black dress (shown above- far left on my pictures). 

I also had a look through the exhibition of designers at VFS and picked a few of my favourite pieces;

Dress By Edward Finney

Top- Hokum-Hokum

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Three words; Texture, Peach-pink and Dramatic. 

There was a lot I loved. New designers this year, have experimented on textures with different fabrics and structures. 

Gotta say though, wasn't too keen on the overly bright tribal designs and clash colour blocking from some of the designers!