LFW SS13: FIVE OBSESSIONS AT J.W ANDERSON

Posted by Bethan Holt, Fashion Junior at Large

J.W Anderson has been one of the most talked about designers in the run up to this London Fashion Week, judging by my Twitter feed and overhearings. That's because on the first morning of shows, his collaboration with Topshop hit stores and coaxed fashion editors away from LFW prep to a land of pinafore dresses, penny loafers, bat pattern jumpers and J-Dubz pencils. Consequently the Toppers collection was playing a starring role on last night's F-ROW as everyone waited to see what one of LFW's most intellectual, rigorous and unpredictable designers would do next.

Jonathan had created a "Treatment Room"; a place where he had played with fabric, texture, silhouette, in response to "a personal urgency to strip back fashion to garments with an edge". That quote tells me that this was all about taking the fundamentals and playing around with them, embellishing them with a J.W flourish. So, what got me ticking?

1. ADDED FRILLS

2. FINGERPRINT PRINTS

3. THE BAGS

4. THE BOOTS

5. LOOK 21

Reason- the colour of this jacket is just phenomenal, plus I love that the model is Zen formerly known as Kate.

Image from Vogue.com