Amelia’s Magazine | Orla Kiely AW15: London Fashion Week Presentation Review

Orla Kiely AW15 Daisy Steele
Orla Kiely AW15 by Daisy Steele.

This season Orla Kiely looked to library chic, sending the girls out to meander around artfully recreated shelves, stairs and wooden tables inside the Vinyl Factory. Mixing up the decades with silhouettes inspired by the 60s and 70s, this was a beautiful collection of wearable clothes set off by signature Orla Kiely prints, this time inspired by maths and geometry. Lemon yellow and pale peach were worn with workaday beige and schoolgirl greys, boxy shapes matched with more romantic flowing fabrics. Once again Orla Kiely has collaborated with Clarks on a beautiful range of highly desirable shoes. The gold sparkle Orla Abigail is on my particular wish list.

Orla Kiely LFW By Faye West
Orla Kiely AW15 By Faye West.

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All photography by Amelia Gregory.

Categories ,Ali Macgraw, ,AW15, ,Clarks, ,Daisy Steele, ,Faye West, ,Library Chic, ,Love Story, ,Orla Abigail, ,Orla Kiely, ,review, ,Vinyl Factory

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Amelia’s Magazine | Orla Kiely: London Fashion Week S/S 2014 Presentation Review

Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Laura Hickman
Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Laura Hickman.

I forgot to apply for tickets to what was a very oversubscribed show, so it was lucky that I saw any of Orla Kiely‘s presentation this season – right at the end, when I managed to scoot in with some Polish friends I had run into in the queue outside the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms.

Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Yelena Bryksenkova
Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Yelena Bryksenkova.

Once again the label had set up an intricate set, with digital prints of the wide African plains plastered across the walls: for S/S 2014 the Orla girl is on safari, dressed in immaculate style. She wears cute separates with a subtle military influence in the form of jaunty berets, epaulette detailing and handy patch pockets. Camo colours are given a seasonal uplift with injections of powder pink, tomato orange and dusty blue. Subtle prints come in the form of a ditsy pink lion scattered across a sweet summer dress and bolder zebra and giraffe designs. Origami elephants and rhinos adorn shoulder bags and shoppers, whilst tiger faces feature on the cutest of leather purses. The set was more cluttered than the wonderful typing pool of last season, with objects artfully arranged to suggest the theme and the girls clustered around a fireside, relaxing with a book, or painting. For the models it must be a very fun show to take part in. And did I mention the collaboration with Clarks? I’m already lusting after a pair of patent platformed bi-colour Orla Mariannes.

Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Laura Hickman
Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Laura Hickman.

Orla Kiely SS 2014-photography by Amelia Gregory
Orla Kiely SS 2014-photography by Amelia Gregory
Orla Kiely SS 2014-photography by Amelia Gregory
Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Laura Hickman
Orla Kiely S/S 2014 by Laura Hickman.

Orla Kiely SS 2014-photography by Amelia Gregory
Orla Kiely SS 2014-photography by Amelia Gregory
Orla Kiely S/S 2014. All photography by Amelia Gregory.

Categories ,Clarks, ,Elms Lesters Painting Rooms, ,Laura Hickman, ,Orla Kiely, ,Orla Mariannes, ,review, ,S/S 2014, ,Safari, ,Yelena Bryksenkova

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