Following spectacular opening shows on both the Wednesday and Thursday nights, Belfast Fashionweek saw the highstreet take centre stage on Friday March 16 closing the catwalk in a climax of style proportions at the Europa Hotel.
Entitled 'Highstreet Haven', the coming seasonal trends for Spring/Summer 2012 stampeded their way down the pink runway. Sports Luxe. French Noir. Aztec/Tribal print and Denim were prominent themes. So naturally these themes will be what I shall discuss.
Sponsors Boohoo.com were first up bringing the Olympic inspired Sports Luxe trend to the forefront of BFW. Zip backs. High-waisted shorts, jersey crop tops and wool-blend baseball jackets were key pieces with a strong emphasis on both legs and slimline silhouettes. A neon sports bra and paneled jersey leggings were the statement looks keeping styling young, fresh and form-fitting throughout in bright funky shades as an added fighting fit bonus. They even threw in a fuchsia anorak for good measure.
Next-up. A trend I like to call French Noir. Its a little French Riviera with just the right amount of minimalistic touch in the form of black and white contrasting colours. Striped skinny denims with a mixture of cropped and oversized boyfriend blazers combined with classic sunglasses were the main focus here. A standout white mini vintage dress being a particular highlight.
Aztec prints and tribal patterns followed, a personal favourite of mine, running consistently from start to finish. The highstreet's top designs came in the form of zebra printed body-con dresses and leggings, leopard print bustiers, floral print maxis and aztec patterned silks. All paired with just the right amount of metallic influenced jewellery, geek-chic frames and leather look leggings to complete the looks.
Then came the denims. I previously was very sceptical when it came to denim-on-denim, but now I'd coat my cereal in all things Levi related if I could. You see the key is to keep it simple by mixing colours and alternate shades. Don't use the same shade. I know right? Who would have thought it could be that easy? Anything that could have been denim was denim at one point or another and I bloody loved it.
And so concludes my time at the amazing three nights that was Belfast Fashionweek. Don't fret...there is a little encore coming in the form of menswear aka male models folks. You do not want to miss it.
Pictures courtesy of www.brendangallagher.com
Entitled 'Highstreet Haven', the coming seasonal trends for Spring/Summer 2012 stampeded their way down the pink runway. Sports Luxe. French Noir. Aztec/Tribal print and Denim were prominent themes. So naturally these themes will be what I shall discuss.
Sponsors Boohoo.com were first up bringing the Olympic inspired Sports Luxe trend to the forefront of BFW. Zip backs. High-waisted shorts, jersey crop tops and wool-blend baseball jackets were key pieces with a strong emphasis on both legs and slimline silhouettes. A neon sports bra and paneled jersey leggings were the statement looks keeping styling young, fresh and form-fitting throughout in bright funky shades as an added fighting fit bonus. They even threw in a fuchsia anorak for good measure.
Next-up. A trend I like to call French Noir. Its a little French Riviera with just the right amount of minimalistic touch in the form of black and white contrasting colours. Striped skinny denims with a mixture of cropped and oversized boyfriend blazers combined with classic sunglasses were the main focus here. A standout white mini vintage dress being a particular highlight.
Aztec prints and tribal patterns followed, a personal favourite of mine, running consistently from start to finish. The highstreet's top designs came in the form of zebra printed body-con dresses and leggings, leopard print bustiers, floral print maxis and aztec patterned silks. All paired with just the right amount of metallic influenced jewellery, geek-chic frames and leather look leggings to complete the looks.
Then came the denims. I previously was very sceptical when it came to denim-on-denim, but now I'd coat my cereal in all things Levi related if I could. You see the key is to keep it simple by mixing colours and alternate shades. Don't use the same shade. I know right? Who would have thought it could be that easy? Anything that could have been denim was denim at one point or another and I bloody loved it.
And so concludes my time at the amazing three nights that was Belfast Fashionweek. Don't fret...there is a little encore coming in the form of menswear aka male models folks. You do not want to miss it.
Pictures courtesy of www.brendangallagher.com
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