During Paris Fashion Week I was invited to view some of the collections at Designers Apartment, a showroom for several designers and here are some of my highlights…
Etienne Deroeux
My friend Gina and Etienne’s wholesale manager,
invited me to view his SS15 collection at Designers Apartment and I absolutely
loved it. Tailoured clothing and the sports fashion are some of my favourite
trends at the moment and Etienne brings these together perfectly in his wearable
sports luxe collection. Not only are the cuts flawless, the range of materials
used are beautiful and just what I love right now, from sheer, mesh and fishnet
to silk and wool. I love the fishnet detailing, one of my favourite pieces
being the worker-style jumpsuit with mesh detailing on the top. Apart from the
beautiful silk striped pleated skirts, the collection generally consists of
block colours, from monochrome to pastel pinks and bright yellows. Etienne won
the Marie Claire prize of excellence during Paris Fashion Week so he is
definitely the designer to watch!
Iris
Cantabri
I was an absolute awe when the extremely friendly
designer, Guillaume Michel, began telling me about his vision. His collection consists of tops,
skirts, trousers and shorts that can be zipped together to create what could be
an unlimited amount of looks. He believes that women should be able to create
their own looks and not necessarily feel restricted by current trends. If you
had all the pieces from this year’s AW and SS collections, which would consist
of about 80 items, you could create over 650 different looks just by zipping
different pieces together! Incredible. The model tried on 5 pieces for me and created
these 4 completely different looks. It is such a flexible idea that is perfect
for many situations. For example, if you are going out after work you could
just change your top for something slightly less formal and voilà! Or if you
had lots of weddings to go to in the space of few months, instead of buying a
different dress for each one you could buy a few of these pieces and mix and
match! As I said to the designer, I can really relate to this idea because as a
blogger on a limited budget I am always trying to find new looks to blog about
but using the same pieces!
Monographie
This collection is right up my street for SS15. The
designs are beautiful and very wearable with sports luxe vibe, which you know I
love. A wide range of fabrics have been used, each of which are interesting and
unique. Despite not owning anything in this material, I am pretty obsessed with
scuba; I just love its squishy and smooth texture. The cobalt blue scuba skater
skirts and dresses would be high on my wishlist for SS15. Sheer is always a
winner for me and I absolutely love the black tailoured trousers with vertical
sheer panels. From delicate sheer to tough, plastic-like mesh tops and jumpers,
Monographie shows the diversity of their inspiration and skill, which is what I
love about the collection. Each item is very different from the next and yet
they all go together very well.
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