Christopher Kane and Erdem add retro opulence at London Fashion Week
Christopher Kane shows signature style, Erdem emphasises the old world
London Fashion Week roared into its fourth day on Monday with Christopher Kane showing his signature sexy style and Erdem emphasising retro glamour.
Christopher Kane raises whimsical to an art form
Christopher Kane mixed it all up Monday at London Fashion Week, showing a wide array of outfits, with some emphasising florals to others that were sheer, lacy and revealing.
He described the show as built on “ideas of the prime and the perverse” — referencing 1940s housecoats, using lingerie as outerwear and creating a new silhouette that blended the 1940s with the 1970s.
The outfits used strong colours — reds, pinks and yellows, among other hues — and showed off whimsical touches, including ones that seemed to be held together by metallic clothes pins.
The celebrity filled audience loved it.
“I loved it being so English, being about washing machines and clothes pegs and everything like that,” top hatmaker Stephen Jones said. “British. Domestic.”
Actress Salma Hayek called Kane’s new collection sexy and appreciated the “slip dresses that were so feminine.”