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Day three at LFW

Day three and London Fashion week is well underway, with highlights for me being Lucas Nascimento, Marios Schawb and of course, Vivenne Westwood's Red label collection, with her spectacular show, focusing on Climate Revolution. 

Only one year on in his second year at London, and Nascimento has hit LFW head on, with his occurring sweetheart necklines, range of prints, and subtly ombre woven pieces, giving the collection a beautiful range of experimentation. His range of shapes and materials-knit wear that from a far you would not believe so, made his collection wide and well explored. His pieces ranged dramatically from simple a-line pieces, focussing of shape and texture, to knit wear pieces hitting hard with the softness of a sweetheart neck line and pastel colours underneath. One of my favourite pieces was his simple yet so beautiful lime green jumpsuit, focusing solely on the silouette with that feminine neckline. Contrastingly, on the right above, is an example of his oh so familiar knit wear again, hitting hard against the sweat heart neckline of a green bra-like top underneath. In total Nascimento's collection was one which has inspired me from the day, full of clean, contrasting ideas. Someone who I will be keeping an eye on for future greatness. 

Westwood has made it quite clear in the recent years that what she really cares about, and what she only really cares about, is her platform for change, and chance to voice her opinion, and for her collection in London 2012, it is Climate Revolution. With her O so busy set, vibrant head pieces created by Stephen Jones, and daring mixture of colour, pattern and texture, I felt the show had a sense of happy randomness that couldn't help but make you smile. With her appearance at the end, draped in a brown cloth, which she took off and held up reading, Climate Revolution, she definitely got her point across. 

One of my favourite designers is Mathew Williamson, and he most certainly did not disappoint. With the very British back drop of St Pauls Cathedral setting the scene, the show opened with Cara Delevingne in a stunning merging blazer, of a deep blue splashed with white red yellow and turquoise, paired with a flattering pair of structured shorts and gold embellished heels. With a lot of soft tailored shapes, short skirts, cropped trousers and floating dresses summed up the show with his signature usage of colour, pattern and embellishment. With the use of mosaic-like patterns, and floating shapes he matched with the more structured tailored lines. 
The colour palette was something I felt worked very well, with his extensive use of blues merging into whites, yellows, and the use of turquoise and reds. 
If I could have anything from the catwalk of day three, it would have to be from Mathew Williamson, 15 years on still creating brilliance.