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The writing's on the shirt
By Hilary Alexander
Last Updated: 2:59am GMT 13/02/2007
Video: Hilary Alexander at the Manish Arora show
Slogan T-shirts are spreading the style message at London Fashion Week.
But more than two decades after the designer Katharine Hamnett wore a protest T-shirt emblazoned with "58% Don't Want Pershing" to meet Mrs Thatcher at Number 10 in 1984, the messages are more comical than political.
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The young designer label, House of Holland, took to the catwalk yesterday with a series of rhyming couplets that poked fun at fashion supermodels and designers.
"I'll Show You Who's Boss, Kate Moss" was worked in pink jewels on a pink lame T-shirt, while "I've Got More Than A Handful For Naomi Campbell" was stamped on a rubber T-shirt.
The Canadian supermodel, Linda Evangelista, was acknowledged on a white Lycra dress, which read "Let's Play Naked Twister, Linda Evangelista," while the international catwalk star, Jessica Stam, the current "face" of Lanvin and Marni, was delightfully immortalised in the line "Wham, Bam, Thank-you Stam".
The House of Holland was started just five months ago by Henry Holland, a BA graduate from the London College of Printing. It has already generated a cult following, with sales at major international stores including Colette in Paris, Barneys in New York and Harvey Nichols in London.
The House of Holland was one of three designers showing on the Fashion East catwalk, sponsored by Topshop.
Earlier, the Nigerian-born designer, Duro Oluwu, used his collection as a geography lesson, stamping "Bamoko", the capital of Mali, which inspired his designs, on patchworked dresses in multi-coloured prints.
Oluwu showed tailored suits, long coats and layers of dresses to spread his message of colour and pattern in a mix of his own print designs and vintage fabrics.
Meanwhile Manish Arora blasted off on a journey into space in his fourth showing at London Fashion Week.
Robots, spacemen and astronauts cavorted in a futuristic fantasy worked entirely in multi-coloured, hand-embroidery and beading.
Other designs of space stations, satellites and UFOs were embroidered in old watch parts and tiny toy cars, collected from junk markets in Arora's home-town of New Delhi.
Robot-trousers were made from thousands of sequins, hand-folded into mirrored prisms, while coats were embroidered by hand with thousands of tiny Swarovski crystals.
From the telegraph
does anyone has pics??? would loooove to see them
By Hilary Alexander
Last Updated: 2:59am GMT 13/02/2007
Video: Hilary Alexander at the Manish Arora show
Slogan T-shirts are spreading the style message at London Fashion Week.
But more than two decades after the designer Katharine Hamnett wore a protest T-shirt emblazoned with "58% Don't Want Pershing" to meet Mrs Thatcher at Number 10 in 1984, the messages are more comical than political.
advertisement
The young designer label, House of Holland, took to the catwalk yesterday with a series of rhyming couplets that poked fun at fashion supermodels and designers.
"I'll Show You Who's Boss, Kate Moss" was worked in pink jewels on a pink lame T-shirt, while "I've Got More Than A Handful For Naomi Campbell" was stamped on a rubber T-shirt.
The Canadian supermodel, Linda Evangelista, was acknowledged on a white Lycra dress, which read "Let's Play Naked Twister, Linda Evangelista," while the international catwalk star, Jessica Stam, the current "face" of Lanvin and Marni, was delightfully immortalised in the line "Wham, Bam, Thank-you Stam".
The House of Holland was started just five months ago by Henry Holland, a BA graduate from the London College of Printing. It has already generated a cult following, with sales at major international stores including Colette in Paris, Barneys in New York and Harvey Nichols in London.
The House of Holland was one of three designers showing on the Fashion East catwalk, sponsored by Topshop.
Earlier, the Nigerian-born designer, Duro Oluwu, used his collection as a geography lesson, stamping "Bamoko", the capital of Mali, which inspired his designs, on patchworked dresses in multi-coloured prints.
Oluwu showed tailored suits, long coats and layers of dresses to spread his message of colour and pattern in a mix of his own print designs and vintage fabrics.
Meanwhile Manish Arora blasted off on a journey into space in his fourth showing at London Fashion Week.
Robots, spacemen and astronauts cavorted in a futuristic fantasy worked entirely in multi-coloured, hand-embroidery and beading.
Other designs of space stations, satellites and UFOs were embroidered in old watch parts and tiny toy cars, collected from junk markets in Arora's home-town of New Delhi.
Robot-trousers were made from thousands of sequins, hand-folded into mirrored prisms, while coats were embroidered by hand with thousands of tiny Swarovski crystals.
From the telegraph
does anyone has pics??? would loooove to see them
