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More Ice Queens for London Fashion Week
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While central Europe is locked in some of the worst blizzards for years, London was whipping up a snowstorm all of its own. Earlier this week ALEXANDER McQUEEN sent his models out on an icy catwalk for a highly innovative and original fashion show. And yesterday, February 25, it was the turn of Welsh wonder JULIAN MACDONALD to have his models and latest designs sliding down a snowy catwalk.
On Wednesday night, MacDonald unveiled a stunning autumn/winter 1999 collection that featured models in sleek designs gliding down an icy catwalk.
This was winter coats as inspired by woolly bears; part of a collection the designer says is aimed at showing off the female form, and wrapping it in items that are both familiar — like an old scarf or a teddy bear — and luxurious — like a sparkling gown.
With faux-snow flurries opening his show, MacDonald said his collection and his ice-draped catwalk was inspired by the Alaskan landscape.
But MacDonald eschews trends that alternatively raise and lower hemlines, saying he looks to creates items that are glamorous and sexy — made for women with an attitude.
MacDonald used models Jodie Kidd and Alek Wek, who like him, are rising stars in the fashion world.
Later on, avant-gardist HUSSEIN CHALAYAN wowed crowds with a show replete with minimalist futurism.
The Central St Martin’s graduate, who is already developing a reputation of leaving audiences gasping with disbelief, produced another show that verged on the bizarre, with intricately designed items.
Chalayan shocked audiences in the past by sending models down the catwalk wearing mouthpieces that clamped their jaws into a scream.
But the designer who remains unapologetic about his shock tactics, this year displayed a more simple line, featuring only blacks and whites with futuristic collars.
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