Review of Ada Zanditon's Poseisus S/S12 Collection

Ada Zanditon ethically made 'Persephone' dress (photo by Sarah Brimley)

My review of Ada Zanditon's 'Poseisus' Spring/Summer 2012 collection is now online at See.7 magazine.

Mary Katrantzou Knitwear AW 2011

Smitten with this Chinoiserie knitwear. 

Mary Katrantzou = timeless + exotic.

via Style Bubble

London Fashion Week: Sustainable Style Mavens

Ivana Basilotta Winter 2011/12 'Mystery Collection' (photos: Paul Weaver)

Elena Garcia SS11 ecoCouture and eco-luxe 'Cottage Collection'

(photos: Nick Fallon)

I love these two London-based fashion designers for their exquisite and consistent interpretation of sustainable style and all things powerfully feminine and timeless. 

A refreshing injection for London Fashion Week and beyond. Mavens and then some.

London Fashion Week: Ziad Ghanem Redefines Runway Stereotypes

Ziad Ghanem defied all stereotypes about who could walk the runway during London Fashion Week A/W 2010. A bold new interpretation of global beauty and the power of dress.

*images courtesy of Ziad Ghanem

London Fashion Week: UNIQUE's Primal Showing

Topshop UNIQUE at London FW (image via Style.com)

Topshop Unique at London FW (image via Style.com)

Topshop UNIQUE at London FW (image via Style.com)

Topshop UNIQUE at London FW (image via Style.com)

I certainly do not mean to pilfer from today's homepage of Style.com, but the latest photos from Topshop UNIQUE's A/W 2010 collection really are pretty wild and woolly. Credits for this woodsy spin on sylvan shamanism include "Emma Cook's animal masks and hats; Hannah Murray's brilliant wild-child eyebrows; Paul Hanlon's hedge-bush hair, and, most of all, Katie Grand's pull-it-all-together-then-tear-it-apart styling."

Chris Drury's 'Star Chamber' (2006)

I wonder whether U.K. artist Chris Drury's star chambers or twig shelters were the inspiration for the runway's backdrop?

London Fashion Week: Amisha Ghadiali

London Fashion Week is now officially underway and Estethica has opened it doors at Somerset House for yet another promising exhibition of sustainable and ethical fashion. I wanted to take a quiet moment to celebrate a London-based designer who works incredibly hard to make ethical fashion a shared phenomenon.


Amisha Ghadliali, founder and designer of Amisha Jewellry, is a force on multiple fronts - 'elegance and rebellion' are part of her company's tagline. Her exquisitely handcrafted and responsibly-sourced jewellry designs are timeless in their visual appeal and purely covetable in their chic simplicity.

Amisha Jewellry 'Druzy Quartz Ring'

Amisha Jewellry 'Snowflex Box Bracelet'

Amisha feels that sustainability within fashion is a necessity and predicts that it is something that will be incorporated into all design in the future. She has already demonstrated her passions on this front by playing a significant role in the production of The RE:Fashion Awards of 2008, the world’s first awards ceremony to celebrate improving social and environmental standards in the fashion industry. Following this Amisha took on a role as a Project Manager for the Ethical Fashion Forum (EFF), where she is now Associate Director.

I really think that Amisha represents the best of the new fashion week spirit, with a personal goal to craft beautiful designs while also reaching out to create lasting change from behind the scenes. I send her my warmest congratulations on the showing of her gorgeous collection at The Hospital Club in London in conjunction with EFF this next week.

*You can follow Amisha's tweets @amishaghadiali

London Fashion Week: Creativity Central

Sergei Grinko bespoke designs (collaborating with Ziad Ghanem) for LFW

Ziad Ghanem (image courtesy of Go See)

Ada Zanditon, A/W 2010-11 Collection, photographed by Thomas Knights (image courtesy of VOGUE U.K.)

Announcement for Ada Zanditon's A/W 2010 Collection Echolocation

And so the fashion week party flocks on over to London now for a Brit twist on some late winter sparkle. There is no doubt that London is the creative hub of so much of what is edgy and fashionable about sustainable fashion. Very much looking forward to Ziad Ghanem and Ada Zanditon's latest creations as well as the full report on Estethica.

Ivana Basilotta Collection to be featured at Estethica

*London Fashion Week A/W 2010-11

Faces To Watch in Eco Fashion 2010

Ziad Ghanem, the UK-based Lebanese designer who will be presenting his eco-couture designs at EcoChic Geneva and London Fashion Week

London-based Turkish designer, Bora Aksu, another textile rich couture presenter at this month's EcoChic Geneva runway event

Bora Aksu

Reem Alasadi, Iraqi born designer who combines costume elegance with uban wit - a bright star in the diverse line up for EcoChic Geneva

Bulgaria's Evgeni Petkov and his natural fiber eco-couture gown modeled by Julia Urevich. Stay tuned for more details on Evgeni's folkloric runway creation for EcoChic Geneva.

(Photographer: Ivomir Peshev; Model: Julia Urevich/Expose Models; Designer: Evgeni Petkov; Hair: Polia Atanasova for Schwarzkopf; Make-Up: Adelina Caneva)

* N.B. the above designers are not all eco fashion designers per se but they will be experimenting with sustainable materials for 2010.