{"id":14151,"date":"2013-02-21T18:24:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-21T18:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/?p=14151"},"modified":"2013-04-15T14:08:33","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T14:08:33","slug":"london-fashion-week-roksanda-ilincic-aw13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wonderlandmagazine.com\/2013\/02\/21\/london-fashion-week-roksanda-ilincic-aw13\/","title":{"rendered":"LONDON FASHION WEEK: Roksanda Ilincic AW13"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kate Middleton’s a fan of Roksanda Ilincic – so no wonder she went over all 1950s princess with her autumn\/winter collection.<\/p>\n
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If you’re showing at the Savoy ballroom, you better bring class and power in equal amounts. Thankfully, Iliincic didn’t disappoint. While the designer may have been <\/p>\n
attracted to a girly shade of icy candyfloss pink this season, the Roksanda Ilincic woman was all woman. Powerful, architectural silhouettes that harked back to 1950s power woman – Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and all the rest of those magnificent divas – predominated, with short-sleeved shirts tucked into flared skirts or pencil skirts.<\/p>\n
There was some playful touches too, with a particularly adventurous approach to material: toying with a PVC front and a taffeta back, for instance, or patent and glitter fabrics nestling side by side, adding a contemporary touch. Amidst the sometimes willfully zany backdrop of London fashion, it takes a talented designer to remind us all of who we’re designing for: women, in all their glamour and femininity.<\/p>\n
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