I'm a bit gutted that I didn't get to go round the London Fashion Week exhibition tents that much this season. You do need a good portion of the day to REALLY see everything and truth be told, it's actually one of my favourite parts of fashion week, going to exhibitons, showrooms and tradeshows, speaking to designers one to one and having a relaxing cup of tea in between. The other question that surprisingly hasn't popped up on the FAQ? How do you find all the designers you talk about on the blog? Places like the London Fashion Week Exhibition, Rendez-Vous and Tranoi in Paris and if I was ever in Milan, White Club – all of them wicked hunting grounds. I go round, grab a business card if something interests me and then if I have time try and speak to the designers only to see their crestfallen faces when they find out I'm not a buyer but a measly blogger. Truly fun stuff. That wasn't sarcasm at all. I enjoy the rejection.
I'm hoping that one day there will be a comprehensive site for LFW where people's lookbooks, collection images are all uploaded onto one site at the time of fashion week as a central point for everyone to start ogling at things earlier on, open to the public because let's face it, if a mug like me can go into a tradeshow, anybody should have that right. Before that happens though and since I didn't get to go round the exhibition as much…at least Fashion156 got to preview some of the people exhibiting like Tim Ryan who I've finally met in person, William Tempest and Romina Karamanea, who both did shows but whose catwalk images aren't widely available and L.F. Markey who I didn't even know was doing another collection. Let's get info and images out there…power to the people and all that malarky!
I totally agree that in this cyberspace day & age, a centralised LFW site with everyone’s collection, lookbooks/images, and information would benefit everyone involved!
I want that purple dress! 🙂
xx
Aw, maybe next time. I WISH I WAS IN LONDON! grr.
xx-LJ from SOS!
Yes more info for us littl’uns in Canada please! I was quite crestfallen when I saw the rather small and fuzzy pictures on the Dazed Digital blogs and realized I couldn’t find any better images of things that interested me…
Yes, alas the mobile blogging on Dazed is meant to just catch a moment…for the time-strapped fashion team of Dazed really….
However, I do hope to delve deeper into what I’ve been seeing…either here or on Dazed…
Especially loving the last dress… Centralised LFW website would be an excellent invention!
i loved the exhibition as much as most stuff on the runway, esp. hannah marshall’s extreme chic, craig lawrence’s bubblicious knitwear, and there was something else… oh, felder and felder!
that’s very true. I managed to get into the Exhibition quickly and was planning to go back to get some pictures, but being too exhausted I decided to track the images online.
Who said they were available? That’s a no-no.
LFW and the BFC should definitely work on that for over-stretched fashion enthusiasts.
I absolutely love the dress in thecond picture, beauty! I’d wear it tomorrow if I could!
~F
Like the second dress, dislike the weird model poses…
LOL. You are sooo right about the Exhibition. The way the PR’s faces drop when they find out you are not a buyer. Also do you notice the way they instantly check out your badge to see if you are anyone significant and adjust their smiles/faces accordingly. On another note I do wish the Exhibition was longer, at least the same length as the shows.
I love William Tempest. Great post, thank youuu! x
I saw you at New Gen then you disappeared. You could have walked around if you wanted to. Same with most of the press, just bothered about the shows, the exhibition (except New Gen) is just a sideshow for you lot.
Anna: That isn’t true…might be for some ppl…but I literally had to keep running back and forth between the office and the tents to get things done…most of my time was spent on a computer uploading things…I wouldn’t make assumptions about what it is ‘press’ do…seeing as ‘press’ come in all shapes and forms….