Fashion Week | February 17, 2008 5:50 PM
 

Greatest Hits: London

 

Fashion Week's top looks and trends that made our list. By Christene Barberich & Piera Gelardi

Leave it to the Londoners to turn up the volume on any glimmer of a trend. Instead of a play on plaid, it was tricked-out camping looks (Peter Jensen) and gothish day dresses (Luella). And a continued turn toward even more modern, body-conscious cuts was translated in skin-tight super-future tube dresses (Marios Schwab) and Marix-like suiting (Jens Laugesen). Much of it may not be wearable, but we love the willingness to take chances and bring some revelation back to the runways (Gareth, we heart you). Check out the looks that made our London list.


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1. Tattered Elegance—The long flowing evening dresses with hints of deconstruction, symmetrical slashes, and bits falling from the shoulder suggested a truly modern gown that had been through one-too-many good times—and still looked completely gorgeous. From left: Giles Deacon, Ann-Sofie Back, Giles Deacon


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2. Blurred Vision—There was something so insanely smart about muddying the look of florals and the season's more cheerful shades with a dark and blurry veil. Like psychedelics in solitary confinement. From left: Sinha-Stanic, Erdem, PPQ


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3. Prairie Girls—Sort of Amish meets millennial hippie, the season's prairie girl had plenty of edge to counter-balance the bohemian femininity. From left: Top Shop, Jens Laugesen, Erdem


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4. Micro Jackets—Not just short, but really short, these little jackets brought emphasis to the waist in a new way. From left: Modernist, Marios Schwab, Modernist, Jens Laugesen

 

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