Vogue Festival 2013

This years Vogue Festival, at the Southbank Centre, got off to a great start today with talks from J.W.Anderson, Mary Katrantzou, Natalie Massenet, Paul Smith and Michael Kors, among many others. I was lucky enough to go to the talks by Natalie Massenet and Paul Smith being interviewed by Alexa Chung and, from an aspiring designer's point of view, found them both extremely inspiring and helpful. Not only was it amazing to be in the presence of such aspirational and successful people, their talks also had anecdotes and quotes which I feel are going to help me, and other young designers, in their path to success. I'll do a blog post of each to share some of what I got out of the talk.

Vera Wang Spring 2012

This collection is a personal favourite of mine - the minimalistic beginning of the collection, with just the textures and shapes carrying the designs, is absolutely beautiful and shows off Vera Wang's attention to detail and sculptural qualities. The way she weaves in the first glimse of pattern through a wasitband is so clever and then the prints and colours get bolder and brighter as the collection moves on. The abstract, almost marble, prints are breathtaking and the combinations of the charcoal colours interspersed with the bright and pastel blues, pinks and yellows creates a beautiful, cohesive collection. Watch the full catwalk show here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhm4MFfhma4