Puppy fashion week- LFW AW10

Credit has to be given to beautiful dalmatian puppy Bernie (who finally turns 1 later this month) for keeping up to date during this years London fashion week. Although he was not allowed to attend any shows, on account of the fact that he is a very excitable pooch, he stayed loyal to his fashion roots and kept a day to day London fashion week clothes diary*...

Day 1-

Clashing fur prints
Fur from So High Soho

Day 2-
Double breasted jacket cover up
Jacket- Vintage

Day 3-
"Studs are here to stay"
T-Shirt by Prada
Jacket by Comme des Garcons
Day 4-
Trench coat by Burberry Prorsum
Day 5-
Glasses by Niamh O'Connor
Day 6 (menswear day)-

Toggle belt clip worn as a collar, jumper and cardigan all by Carolyn Massey

Day 7-
London Fashion Week over, and Bernie slips into his usual lounge wear.

*No dalmatian puppies were harmed in the making of this feature. All clothes styled by Bernie

Menswear day round up LFW- AW10

The menswear day began with Carolyn Massey's military pattern inspired collection with a colour palette ranging from a soft greys to rose tinted worn and faded prints borrowed from the muted hues of the Tokyo morning sunrise. Wide smock tops in leather and cotton, tailored suits and knits in faded sky greys. Military badges adorned jackets and acted as belt buckles in an entry from a collaboration with jewellery designer Hannah Martin. A glittery all-in one jumpsuit, Tabio fishnet socks and man clutch signalled a romantic and feminine mood to Massey's military uniform inspired collection..



Following immediately after was the J.W Anderson show with a mix of Lumberjack plaids , heavy studded jack boots and a heavy outdoors camping theme. Impressive styling of the collection included Anderson vast selection of accessories including leather neck chokers, belts and anklets around trouser hems and boots. Embellishment in the shape of beading on boots, badges and pockets ran throughout the collection.
The second set of shows later in the day saw Christopher Shannon and James Long both move away from the skinny trouser and toward the wider leg. Shannon teamed walking boots this season with his signature sporting silhouette of track pants and sweatshirts. Silhouettes at times mirrored a footballer with loose fitting t-shirts and shorts with socks pulled up to mid-thigh, a nice variation to the meggings and short look we have seen on the past seasons. Light jackets were layered on top of each other like protection and armour and face paint would suggest combat. The print this season took shape of a paisley print with the CS monogram running through out.James Long show looked to exhibit a boy with a strong determined attitude and did so with a plethora of textures throughout the collection. Mohair's with over sized corduroy, quilted leather with knitted wool and denims with furs. Two jumpsuits ran through the collection taking shape in the over sized corduroy and a red rope print that also surfaced in a few other items…Topman design aimed to show the east Berlin "cool" boys with a punk aesthetic. All the boots were mid thigh length and many styled over the trousers. It was all about the trouser or the coat. High waisted cotton combat trousers in khaki and earthy tones ran through out the collection and a pair of long johns as outerwear, Topman design also offered ripped patchwork denim jeans towards the end of the collection.. A number of statement coats debuted including the number of Parka's, two variations of the bomber jacket in fur and nylon and a shearling coat.

Videos from LFW menswear days

During the menswear day at LFW this year, i was very busy filming and later editing the shows, behind the scenes and designer interviews for Buckstyle ... Here are a few of them:

Komakino:

James Long

Katie Eary

JW Anderson

Lou Dalton

Carolyn Massey

Charlie Casley Hayford

10 Reasons i want to be a Topman

Wednesday night saw the advent of London fashion week, and cracking off in great style at the Topman second floor launch party at the flagship store in Oxford street. The brand spanking new second floor, albeit slightly smaller and less sparse as the previous one menswear floor, the addition now brings several new long awaited perks for the guys including a branch of EAT cafe, a concession of Sharps barbershop, a larger vintage and concession area, with more from Sam Greenberg, and my personal favourite a larger more concentrated version of the Topman Lens (or at least it felt larger than before....). Here are my favourite picks from the new Topman menswear department...

1. Dexter Wong coat

2. Carolyn Massey shirt and 3. Blazer

4. Topman Design long johns

5. Topman Design Harrington style work coat6. Topman design grandad shirt7. Carolyn Massey bobble hat (modelled by the Lovely Nic Sprackman)

8. Christopher Shannon shirt

9. James Long biker jacket

10. Jacket by Humour

This is probably one of the most exciting thing to happen in menswear in a long time. Two whole floors dedicated solely to menswear, i could have spent all night there (If the champagne hadn't run dry!).