LFW Day 5: Antoni and Alison

I was really looking forward to the Antoni and Alison presentation at Somerset House, because I am a huge Antoni and Alison fan! I'd already had a sneeky peek at the clothes in their static presentation, and loved them.

The presentation was called 'How Can I Be You?'

The ideas behind it were about making things up and pretending to be someone, but in a very simplistic way. So not pretending to be a spy or that you grew up in the circus, but something very simple like pretending to own 3 cats or that you're good at maths.

This is what a girl who is good at maths looks like.

The press release says "Antoni and Alison were interested in the concept of what makes a natural beauty - they found one and asked her - How can I be you?"

The presentation had two rooms. In the first room were all the clothes divided up by what sort of girl they were for.

The next room had lots of TVs with changing images of the same girl dressed up as different things like a sculptress, dancer and folk singer. In the background an interview with the girl was playing, of her pretending to be all the things. (I'm realising as I type this is quite a difficult concept to explain) Alot of the answers had a touch of humour to them in a typical Antoni and Alison fashion.

My favourite quotes from the interview are:

This girl is a writer.

Q: So you're a writer?
A: Yes... I'm writing a book about Sylvia Plath - I have a cat and like to wear real tweeds.

Q: So you're a linguist?
A: Yes, I can speak 14 languages, which is useful for when I have to translate at the UN, for this I need to look smart and neat and slightly boring.

Q: So you grow your own vegetables?
A: Yes, I'm a macrobiotic vegan - carrot is my favourite colour.


The clothes themselves were also about pretending with jumpers made to look like blazers, and digital prints of heavy chunky knits on silk dresses. It was a mixture of realistic fake and none realistic fake.

A digital print to look like heavy weave fabric and buttons on a silk dress.

Cartoon-y pretend jumpers.

I spoke to Antoni Burakowski at the presentation, he was very giddy for their collection and was talking to everyone about it. He also said the idea of mixing heavy and soft together was very important, making soft things look heavy etc.
I loved this ducky dress, it's so cute. When I saw it on the video I thought it was a knitted dress but it is actually a silk dress with a knitted print on it. It's for a girl who loves animals.

Loz and I loved this jumper for a soft anarchist girl. It says don't drop litter, but there is a G in front of the L on the back of the jumper so it actually reads don't drop glitter.

This is one of my favourite outfits. I love the over the top print. It's for a country girl.
This dress is for a girl who can knit and sew. She collects buttons and sews dolls clothes as well as her own. I really love the faux tapestry print.

Nadia xx