Louise Gray F/W 10.11 London

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[maxlinden]

eek, the shoes are mortifying

 

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Review by Sarah Mower for style.com

LONDON, February 20, 2010
By Sarah Mower
London's East End fashion gang has gotten into the habit of tagging Louise Gray as a mini Vivienne Westwood. Well, you can see what they mean. Gray, a feisty little Scot with a topknot hairdo, has a quirky artistic confidence that's growing season by season. Her presentation at Somerset House—part static installation, part models bopping around—had guests smiling the minute they walked in. Playful was the word: She'd pinned her patchworked, multi-textured pieces to fairground boards—the kind with cutout holes for people to stick their heads through. It was an invitation to silliness and photo-taking that was happily taken up. (Any light relief in a grueling schedule is gratefully received by all.)

Her felt bowlers and vaguely Nostalgia of Mud-era shapes might have underlined Gray's rep as a Westwood-alike, but look closely and there's no literal parallel, no political agenda in the younger designer's work. What she's good at is messing with fabric techniques like burn-out quilting, throwing great zigzaggy patterns together, and then finishing a total look with nutty details like orange shearling tongues stuck in high-top trainers.

Fun. And as a top-to-toe look, totally individual.

 

[PonyShow]

oh GOOD GOD. please tell me that's fake fur and some poor animal didn't die for THAT.

 

[ForChicSake]

^ , my eyes!!

 

[starblood]

what the hell is this
furry boots make me feel sick
I can't see anything creative at all, just a mess of crazy layering and colours. no no no

 

[tullepen]

I can see Aggy Deyn cutting a Jolly Green Giant figure in these pieces...

 

[wongak]

patchwork is so hit this season...

 

[mikeijames]

these are the type of coats that peta should throw blood on....even if they aren't real. leaving aside the fur, as i'm sure most will, i love the vibrance in some of these pieces considering this is a fall/winter collection. it's cliche to say one could see carrie bradshaw working these unconventional looks into her wardrobe, but this is just the type of collection for the streetwise fashion girl to intersperse with her of-the-moment christian louboutins and bright colored birkin.

 

[purpleglossy]

OMG! What happen? I dun like them

 

[Donatello89]

ewwwww hate it