LFW Day 1

So finally (yes finally) I'm starting on uploading my LFW posts. Weeks afters. Oh dear.

The thing is, as I may have touched on in previous posts, things have got busy. And I mean real busy. Not just in my social and acting life, but in my blogging life too. This was something that I never expected or foresaw. I'm definitely not ungrateful for it, but it took me completely by surprise and whipped me up into this beautiful crazy world that I'm still slightly in awe of. I still can't quite believe that something that started as a hobby as turned into this wonderful thing. 

One of the milestones of this was being invited to LFW. And on top of the tickets I received, I was lucky enough to win tickets to the DAKS show and an overnight stay at the Rosewood London. I will be doing a separate post on our stay at the Rosewood, as this post is incredibly long already! 

So Friday came around, and Cecilia and I trundled up to London with overnight bags in hand. Unfortunately we couldn't drop our bags off til 2:30pm, so we had to take them to the DAKS show. Bit of a pain dragging it around but sometimes you have to make sacrifices :P

The show was held at the Royal Opera House, so we were already expecting great things. What we didn't expect was to walk in behind Rosie Fortescue. Like...WOW! The invites too were so cute! Very glad we got to keep them!

AND WE HAD SEATS!! ROW 3!! And when it finally hit me how amazing this experience was, I found myself saying to Cece: "Now shall we sit opposite Hilary Alexander?"

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Rosie Fortescue sitting 5 metres away from us. Casual.

And these are my highlights from the show! It was definitely a great way to kick of my first ever LFW! The collection takes inspiration from dance (the dancer in me did a little pirouette when I found this out) and the beauty of the Royal Opera House. There were some beautiful pieces and textures that I've already seen start to filter in to the high street and street style, especially feathers. The outfits were very clean, with grey and dusty mauve being the central colours. Also simple classics like the shirt dress, bandeau dress and white shirt were given updated details with feathers, pleats and caped sleeves. Bags were small and structured to highlight the subdued elegance of the collection. What I loved about some of the pieces as well was that the back was just as interesting as the front. It was almost a surprise when the model would walk past and you would see a column of silver or neat ruffles on the back.

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

And here's what I wore! I was kindly given this gorgeous Verity Anne co-ord to try and thought it would be a great day 1 outfit, seeing as it was my busiest day and extremely warm! I love the simple boxy structure to the top with the flattering purple pinstripe pattern, it was great rushing around London in as it kept me cool and didn't restrict me too much. I also wore my vintage check shirt with it to break up the striped with my trusty fedora and chain Very bracelet which I was kindly gifted too. 

Fedora- New Look
*Co-ord- Verity Anne*
Shirt (tied round waist)- Vintage
*Bracelet- Very*
Brogues (not seen)- New Look

Cecilia looked absolutely stunning (as always), so much so that she got street styled quite a few times that day! Typical ;)

Dress- Zara
Shoes- Office

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Most of the shows I attended were at the Freemason's Hall just round the corner from Somerset House, a short walk from our hotel and right across the road from Itsu!

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

Courtesy of PH CeciliaDiPaolo

So while Cece had an afternoon nap into our amazing hotel room, I went to my second show of the day- Hema Kaul. I didn't realise we had to que for most of the shows but thankfully I got into all the ones I was invited to and could attend. 

This collection was definitely one of my favourite. I adore girly dresses, and some of these pieces were definitely princess-worthy! There were some gorgeous floaty prom style silhouettes with 3D florals galore as well as daring cut-out minis and waterfall hems. Lace was also a key feature adorning the backs of dresses and co-ords (I'm very happy they're sticking around)! Hair was big and bouncy with deep side partings. Rough Copy were on the frow and seemed to be enjoying themselves a lot as they bopped along to the music!

SNOG were there to provide much needed fro-yo's to us hot and flustered fashion week goers, and were a great pick-me-up while queuing for shows.  

Lastly we had Ashley Isham, and this show was definitely more of an experience than just a catwalk show. The show started with one of the models already on the catwalk, and then slowly as the models started to walk down the catwalk, more models popped up from the floor to pose. The collection was a mixture of eastern glamour show-stoppers and sports luxe with some crazy headgear thrown in! You could definitely see the influences of the shapes and embellishment of sarees with wrap dresses and gorgeous chain details. Structure was brought to the silhouettes with large belts and harnesses. The sportier items seemed to take influence from tennis gear with white shirt dresses and caps for cute day pieces, while the end of the catwalk showcased a stunning lace and fringe dress. 

What was your favourite outfit from the catwalks of day 1?

Gx