London Fashion Week: Leutton Postle AW12

After catching last year's Merit Award winners Leutton Postle back in September, I took my ticket (gold star no less) and headed to Vauxhall Fashion Scout for the AW12 collection.

With tribal sounds playing from the start, I was curious as to how knitwear would translate. However, judging by last season these two know their way around a wooly jumper. As usual, the collection was an imaginative and playful range handcrafted with an array of vibrant and diverse materials. Detailed edges made up of tiny pom-poms with metallic patchworks woven into many garments definitely helped in jazzing up winterwear. Running with the tribal theme, models' faces were often concealed by voodoo looking masks with bewildered expressions. Again, the memo obviously got out that I'm a bit of a magpie and would kill for a sequin suit like the one below.

Other stand out pieces included face motifs woven onto dresses and characteristic high textured cardigans and bold patterned trousers. Neutral tones were lifted with pops of primary colours and shimmer effects.  Nice.

As always, more to come..

C. x

London Fashion Week 2011: Leutton Postle

Disclaimer: All images are my own and must be credited 

Behind The Scenes at Vauxhall Fashion Scout for Leutton Postle:

Leutton Postle going over their look book for the catwalk 

Central Saint Martin’s design duo Sam Leutton and Jenny Postle– also known as Leutton Postle- presented their highly anticipated knitwear couture to a rapturous reception and I, of course, was down the front.

 After claiming the accolade of last season’s Vauxhall Fashion Scout Merit Award, the dynamic duo that are Leutton Postle went all out with their reward of a fully sponsored catwalk show -and exhibition in the stunningly grandiose Freemason’s Hall. A leading showcase for fashion innovation, the downstairs showroom setting was perfect to demonstrate the young birds flying the nest whilst the fresh, new fledgling talents were flaunted in the upstairs gallery, hoping they too would soon be in the esteemed position that Leutton Postle now find themselves in. 

The vibrant Postle knits that once attracted the attention of London’s Browns Focusare still rife yet flawlessly blended with the cultural influences of Leutton’s involvement with Japanese innovators Stoll. Together, the designers create something visually vibrant and unique with a strong element of couture . Despite the monotony of the long, slicked back and centre parted hair, colour is the theme du jour here as each and every design freely embraces lawless colour clashes, enriched by the unusual rough and ready surface texture of the base hessian. Even the models’ lips have been violently but beautifully knitted shut. This,combined with unruly yet distinctly plush patterns act to create beautifully offbeat knits to make us reconsider the possibilities of our boring, old woolly jumper.