Hearty Hardware

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>> Barely back on London, on Friday I stumbled into the Elms Lester Rooms to be confronted by Sophie Hulme's new A/W 10-11 collection where matt sequins are no more, banished to some remote place (though I'm hoping she'll still have some fondness for her sequinned backpack/parka combos and have them resurrected). Instead, metalware that were the key embellishment that drove this collection accented wardrobe foundations like a hunting jacket, various wool coats and jackets that are essentially the sort of things you'd wear over and over again. With the simple yet effective gold or black metal plates and screws though, suddenly it's a completely different kettle of outerwear fish.  I'm a sucker for deets that are instantly strong to the eye and whilst I'm predictably all for the frou frou, I'm also slowly but surely falling for things that have this delicious and quietly stunning simplicity to them such as Hulme's collection. Oh ma gawd… I may be becoming… refined? *shock shock horror horror* Hah!  Says she in an S/S 10 Louise Gray dress, sheer trousers and banana man shoes courtesy of Cassette Playa for Swear.  Doh.  I'll work on it and come back to you… for now, let's just sit back and admire.  

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45 comments

  3. How I love Sophie Hulme! Her sequins are indeed amazing, but its also nice to know she’s not a one-trick pony. I love this collection! I need that whistle necklace!

  7. Definitely had a moment of “why didn’t I think of that?!?!” Should be fun to DIY though. I love the bow and that whistle necklace is really taking the whole rape whistle thing to new heights

  8. I love the first jacket and the accesories! theyre so unique and cute!

  12. I think I am in love… her collection is just stunning! Although my fave two peices are the orange bag and the bow necklace… I could really see myself rocking both of them.

  20. Really enjoyed the Sophie Hulme presentation and the b Store show upstairs, me and the girls are in the photo of the first jacket in the background! hehe. The attention to detail was amazing in this exhibition and although you haven’t uploaded it, but there was a beautiful sheer shirt that was hanging if front of the window that was stunning.
    loz xx
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  33. I’m not normally a bow girl, they’re too sweet for me? Needless to say, I really enjoy the industrialness of these bows, definitely taking the saccharine sweetness out of the bow.
    xo

  37. WOW. I’d have to say that metal plates and “refinery” are really not my thing…but there’s just something about it all. Not to mention, the gorgeous silhouettes in combo with the geomet shapes. *sighs* …How would one go about the DIY???

  43. Mary: I think Husam el Odeh’s hardware is a bit more raw and the Acne ‘base’ foundations are VERY different
    Of course it’s not new to have hardware sitting on fabric garments…Thierry Mugler, Paco Rabanne etc…
    But I think Sophie Hulme has fused her very neat and classic tailoring with very neat an precise pieces of metalware…

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