Modern[ist] (Fashion Fringe) S/S 06 London

[susie_bubble]

This is the second designer that I really like from the FF show. Yes, it is all one colour but it's so simple and elegant:

 

[susie_bubble]

All photos from vogue.co.uk

 

[fashionista-ta]

I see why you like ... there are some really beautiful and original things here Who's the designer?

 

[Kimkhuu]

It's a half half for me.... some amazing pieces.... and then the rest is rather mix and match awfulness........

 

[Arturo21]

OMG, I would totally marry any woman wearing those see through tops on the spot (with a shirt underneath of course )

^that sounds so superficial

 

[bohemian rhapsody]

I love almost everything!

 

[fashionista-ta]

I am completely willing to overlook any awfulness where there is also wonderfulness if it's an unknown because I have no expectations

Sure, that vinyl evening gown (or whatever it is) is pretty terrible, but I just love some of the other stuff ... some of this has the elegance of Lanvin, plus some edge, while never venturing anywhere near Gucci territory ...

Some of the details are so good ...

 

[bohemian rhapsody]

I am completely willing to overlook any awfulness where there is also wonderfulness if it's an unknown because I have no expectations

Sure, that vinyl evening gown (or whatever it is) is pretty terrible, but I just love some of the other stuff ... some of this has the elegance of Lanvin, plus some edge, while never venturing anywhere near Gucci territory ...

Some of the details are so good ...

exactly. the good is REALLY good.

 

[KMismyIDOL]

Wow! Gorgeous is all I can say! This is some of my favourite stuff I have seen in a long time. Vinylness = creepyness, but there is something about these pieces that just makes my heart happy. hehe

 

[tone]

Very nice. Well done.

 

[mishahoi]

i think its gorgeous, and i love that color! ...but i see pointy shoes...

 

[AniexDaffodil]

really beautiful

 

[susie_bubble]

Andrew Jones is scruffy, softly spoken and from Newcastle. Abdul Koroma is statuesque, strident and from Sierra Leone. Yet, despite their different backgrounds, the pair behind Modernist share the same design point of view.

“We call it gentle subversion. Our clothes are quite streamlined, but they have all these craft flourishes,” explains Jones, holding a dress with delicate straps based on the hem stitching found on old-fashioned tablecloths.

Jones and Koroma met in Italy while working for a major label, but, after four years as fashion’s backroom boys, they decided to launch Modernist. “We got frustrated. There were too many rules. Now we make all the decisions,” says Koroma. Their aim, they say, is to “speak to an international woman”, with highly sophisticated clothes inspired by traditional workwear and, strange though it sounds, the good old British housewife. Dresses hang from dungaree straps, apron details inform skirts and a deliberately dishevelled trench looks as comfortable as a housecoat. Modernist, says Jones, “is sexy and feminine, and usually those don’t go together”.

Article taken from The Sunday Times. I'm not sure who the actual Fashion Fringe competition. I don't think it was Modern[ist].

 

[LeLuna]

It's a half half for me.... some amazing pieces.... and then the rest is rather mix and match awfulness........

agree

 

[Tushka_BeLLa]

Hit and miss....but excellent for a debut.

 

[Meg]

I agree, it is excellent for a debut. I'm really drawn to the pieces posted in the first post and love the blue/navy color palette. it's beautiful.

 

[Benzo]

Thx, susie_bubble!
Agree with most ppl, some are really nice, but some are...
for debut

 

[adorefaith]

i adore most of this too....
apparently they met working for maxmara in italy....

i believe it was Erdem Moralioglu who won...
a turkish-canadian.....

 

[fashionista-ta]

i adore most of this too....
apparently they met working for maxmara in italy....

i believe it was Erdem Moralioglu who won...
a turkish-canadian.....

Wow, MaxMara What a place to meet & go on to do something like this!!

 

[susie_bubble]

MaxMara??? Really??? Who would have thought!