Wintry Wilderness

Fantastical forest themes explored in Harrods' Christmas windows of last year have re-emerged in AW12 but with an organic, almost folkey, take on the luxurious wintry scenes such as that seen below:

Harrods, 2011, my own photo

More often than not the 2012 trend has looked on forest-residing animals for inspiration; replicating colours & textures and using woodland creatures as motifs on jewellery, knitwear, hardware etc.

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Post-Olympic / Pre-Paralympic

The 2012 Kit

Evening Standard

Evening Standard

How sporting has influenced fashion this year:

ASOS 'Game On'

The Evening Standard

Stylist Magazine

John Lewis

Stylist Magazine

Blasts from the past

Evening Standard

Evening Standard

Fashion Influences from Beijing Olympics taken from 'Teen Vogue', 2008

JUST Egyptian Elegance



Stylist: 'Cleopatra: back in vogue'



Jessie J (left)



Lady Gaga





Philip Treacy Headwear





Stylist: Alex Box, makeup artist for Illamasqua's s/s12 shoot



"Different cultural references work beautifully in make-up. Here (above), I took the Natural Palette (£30) of gold, ochre and amber- colours associated with Egyptians"..."The eye remains elongated, triggering Cleopatra associations, but by using a different colour it is modern" (Ales Box)

 

JUST Print



My mood board for the 'Print' trend this SS12



Vogue trends



Zoom from Vogue trends page



BooHoo, Prim Petals



Evening Standard beachwear editorial



Prada SS12



90's print trend





Pop corn novelty print idea