*This blog post is picture heavy!
Wow. This show blew me away! After watching this not long ago through streaming on my laptop (though they allowed the public to watch, I couldn't be there as I am in York for university), I felt the need to blog about Topshop Unique's amazing collection.
First things first. The location. Held in Tate Modern, the vast space and simplicity of the room allowed all eyes to be fully concentrated on the clothing sauntering down the runway.
In the first part of Topshop Unique's collection for A/W, the clothing consisted of blues, greys, blacks and whites. Shorts with over the knee boots added length to give the effect of 'legs for days'; Model Malaika Firth demonstrates this wonderfully. Layering was executed to perfection with puffer jackets, vests, shirts, trench coats, long sleeve tops and high heels with long socks being added into the mix for this years way to layer. Towards the later half of this section of the show, blue became replaced with a khaki green with shorts, vests and bags sporting this colour.
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| Malaika Firth |
The halfway point of the show brought about more warmer colours like browns and off yellows with the theme of grey and black still channelling for the time being. There was also an appearance of a multitude of textures. Fur, leather, lace, were just a few.
Next, yellow dominated with blond haired beauties rocking these ensembles of baby yellow that slowly blended into brown, the classic colour for fall. The bags in this section were a darker brown, allowing them to stand out even among a sea of brown. Again, fur came to play. One beige coat, and one patch work vest and another multicoloured fur coat sporting brown, red, black and pink patches. I really liked these coats, especially the patched ones.
We then arrived at the final leg of the fashion show, where dark colours like blue, red, green, grey, black took a sudden command. Still with the art of layering, Topshop Unique kept with the fur adding it to scarfs, coats and jumpers. There was also an abundance of patterned work, on both see-through tops only covering the important bits, dresses, long sleeved tops and trousers. The end of the show provided on lookers with black dresses and a finishing long grey skirt and see-through top.
Here are some pictures just to recap the full show.
Though I didn't write much, I came to the conclusion that the pictures would compensate. All in all, I loved this A/W Topshop Unique collection. I expected nothing less from them. I also thought their use of technology was amazing. I love the face that they allow streaming. It gives people like me a chance to still be able to watch fashion in real time. And with that being said, I cannot wait until next time.
Carla Creary xo
