City Fashion Trends – How to Style It

At last the Spring has arrived and not only the weather has got brighter but the the trends around the key cities are beginning to bloom. So at L&G we took a look at the key trends across the continents and at the best way to accessorize the style.

Couture Pattern and Prints - Patterns, Prints and couture are big this season. These styles have been intricately and cleverly incorporated into the spring and summer styles to bring a more textural element to designs and a feminine look. Long necklaces and gemstone statement rings are a perfect way to accessorize.

Collections: Garden of Stones, Stone Age and Candy Rocktail and are a funky pieces of jewellery which will add another dimension to your outfit www.loloandgalago.com

Hot in Paris - On the Paris runways it is all about statement zips, leather gloves, print hats and fringes. These styles work with the Large Statement Rings and Necklaces on our Rising Star, Exotic and Serpentine Collections.

Fringes - The Fringe look will be huge this season and the forthcoming seasons, the style adds an extra dimension and should be dressed with a simple and more elegant design.

Collection: The 1950-Sixty, Shard and Tiger Claw collection work well with the fringe trend www.logoandgalago.com

Bloc Colour - This season there has been an overwhelming use of luxury fabrics, modern dimensional techniques and bloc colour. These styles command dimensional pieces and work well with accessories from the Number 8 and Imperial Collection.

Embroidery and Embellishment - is one of the key developments that has taken all the runways by storm. Beads, sequins and sparkles have all be sewn into designs to add a more detailed level of design to pieces. These designs work well with the L&G Spice Trail and Exotic Glam collections.

New York Style – Geometric, layering and abstract large shapes were a key look in New York with Victoria Beckham leading the way. This look works well with more textural designs. The L&G 1950 Sixty, Mini Ruffles, Fine Collections will add another element to the look.

Written by Rosie May Reddington

New York – London – Milan – Paris - Fashion Trends 2014/2015

The Spring 2014 International fashion weeks, showcasing some of the most talented designers, are coming to an end and already it is clear that there are a few ‘ must haves’ that you need to be focusing on for your wardrobe. We loved the runways this season and some of our favourite top 5 key trends include:

Geometric Shapes and Colour Block –In New York, London and  Milan, geometric colour and forms were seen hitting the runways. Bottega Veneta showed cased jagged patches in yellow and red, while Marni mixed pastels and neon which continues to be big with cobalt blue and black.

Dolce & Gabbana (www.dolcegabbana.com ) – Marni (www.marni.com)

Pointed Shoes  - Karl Lagerfeld kick started the flat shoe trend in January when he selected to put all his 64 models for the Chanel collection in trainers. This trend followed on in Milan, where designers opted to showcase their dresses with pointed toe flat shoes. Marni revealed brightly coloured loafers with triangular silver and golden clown type noses, No.21 showed glittery pointed shoes inspired by the 60’s and Bottega Veneta showcased the classic men's shoe, with a pointed-toe.

Jenni Kayne – Spring Summer 2014- Pointy flats will make an impact (www.jennikayne.com)

Ocean and Sea -  This season, Milan designers took their inspiration from the sea  with Kenzo debuting their how casing their ‘ no fish’ and ocean colour collection.

Kenzo: Back to Blue – Inspired by the ocean and open water for Spring 2014 www.kenzo.com

4. The Cape is Back - Oversized garments as seen in Victoria Beckham’s collection during  New York Fashion week and in the runway collections in Milan is a must have this season. The item that stole the show in Milan was the cape. Dolce & Gabbanna lavishly decorated the cape with embroidery and precious stones in the form of branches, birds and foxes but less extravagant versions were also presented by Giorgio Armani and  Salvatore Ferragamo, the cape is in!

Dolce & Cabana Fashion Week 2014 – www.dolceandcabana.com

5 Layers and Sleeveless  - This winters season trend is sleeveless. Long vests, trench coats and jackets without sleeves hit the runways.  These designs were showcase by Iceberg, MaxMara and MSMG . Layers is the magic trend to keep warm this winter and still look stylish. In many cases, designers showed sleeveless jackets which could be worn as a dress. So bear these trends in mind when putting together your wardrobe this season.

 Salvatore Ferragamo – Iceberg – www.iceberg.com

Written by Rosie May Reddington

New York Fashion Week 2014 – Fall/Winter 2014/15

New York fashion week kicks off the Spring Fashion Trends 2015, and more will be unveiled over the next few weeks runways worldwide.  However to give you a preview, the key trends you need to watch out for include:

Fashion Trends 2015  

Mid Rift - Get stomach crunching - Crop Tops are in…Hopefully if you read our superfoods article you were paying attention as health and crop tops are at the top of the agenda. The mid rift style tops took over the runways at New York Fashion Week – clashing and matching, every style was in.

Crop Tops in the runway collections of Lela Rose, Tracy Reese, Phillip Lim and Zimmerman

Minimalistic Lounge and Boyish Tailoring - Victoria Beckham, Theory, Thomas Concord and Peter Michael Dills designed their collection in part with boyish tailoring, lounge suits and layers – it was a minimalistic in style and a more relaxed look. The pieces were different styles of lounge with key attention to detail on the layering and styling.

Metallic  - Metallic is one of the key trends and was seen all over the catwalk from Ralph Ricci Jason Wu – the colour gold was a key theme but whatever the colour metallic will be a strong trend to incorporate into your wardrobe.

Ralph Rucci ( chadoralphrucci.com), Altuzurra, Diane von Furstenberg( dvf.com), Jason Wu (jasonwustudio.com)L

90’s are back!  - Who would of thought it..the 90’s overall design and adaptions were seen on the runways – again combined with the layering look and ‘ sportswear’ trends.

Rag ‘n’ Bone, DKNY, Alexander Wnt, Y-3 all included variations influenced by the 90’s era and given this ear a modern re-styling.

‘ Middle Parted Hair,  Braids and Tangerine Lipstick’  made an impact  – whether designers or highstreet this summer you will see the braided and middle parting ‘ slick’ look with strong matt lipsticks especially tangerine – this trends won’t wait till next year – I can guarantee this summer these styles will be everywhere.

White is the New Black - A personal favourite – white collections were seen across all the runways, where it be sport or couture. White is a major theme – long dresses, jackets, tailored trousers – white is one of the colours along with gold and metallic should be in your wardrobe.

Translucent and Lace - Sheer and translucent layers formed an integral part of collections – light and floaty, they were styled across the catwalks – they were combined with prints, patterns, and sequins. They were accessorised with statement jokers  and large bangles or cuffs. The style was very feminine, elegant and floaty.

Runway: Delpozo ( www.delpozo.com), Zimmermann (zimmermannwear.com), Jason Wu and Zac Posen ( zacposen.com)

Monochrome Rocks - New York Fashion Week confirmed that black and white continues to be top the trends, it was seen in all different shapes and forms. Patterns, prints, stripes – all the big designers included it in their collections. Layered, tailored, lounge – whatever style – monochrome ruled.

Carolina Herrera, Delpozo, BCBGMAXAZRIA, Jenni Kayne, Zimmermann

Written by: Rosie May Reddington