London fashion. It pushes and provokes. It inspires new directions, every season. And Lilly Heine’s winter collection, presented earlier in the year, is a glimpse into fashion’s future.
Trained in textile design, Heine worked with the late, great master, and genius of drama, McQueen, before completing a masters at Central Saint Martin’s. London’s Fashion Weeks have proved that anyone worth their seams to be a graduate of the ultra-prestigious college. Do we even need to list off the (in)famous past pupils to know this is the design school where fashion dreams are stitched up. And while creativity isn’t something you can learn, it’s apparent that Lilly’s lessons at CSM have encouraged the most modernist of visions.
Heine’s work is centred around the relationship between couture, art and commerciality. Starting with Picasso’s exploration of geometry in art, Heine presents a precise range of linear shapes. Each piece is a labour of love. Fabric is laser-cut, layered and hand-stitched to create volume and movement, as if the garment itself was a sculpture in motion. With pieces available exclusively at Harrods as made-to-order, it’s a modern take on couture, a triumph of technique, costume and fashion. That’s wearable. So wearable, in fact, that TopShop, the high-street pioneers of affordable designer collaborations, have put their support behind Heine’s ideas. Definitely a sign you’re tipped for fashion greatness.
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