Back 2 the Future!

Back to the Future by Karen

Alongside a myriad of prints this season, there also seemed to a strong futuristic element to many of the AW collections.

First in question is bright young thing David Koma, a hot favourite with the likes of Cheryl Cole (pet) and Beyonce.

His signature style of strong (black) silhouettes coupled with edgy bling was left behind this season, replaced by a collection of body con, futuristic polka dot silhouettes.

Prints were certainly a new feature to Koma’s normal aesthetic and if you ask me many of the models looked like they could have stepped out of famous sci-fi thriller Bladerunner, and you could certainly imagine “Trinity” from  The Matrix channelling many of the catwalk looks.

Historically some might say that to date his collections have cut a fine line between being cool and euro trash…depending on who was wearing it of course!

But with this new direction, we have seen another side to Koma’s talents.

The only question is will Miss Cole be liking this new direction as much as me.

Guess I’ll have to stay tuned in for American X factor to find out!

Another designer who also seemed to be channelling a very futuristic look was London’s darling Christopher Kane.

However, unlike the future, Kane’s inspiration was a lot closer to home.

The designer said… "THIS will be known as 'the liquid collection………It was inspired by the pencil cases I had at school and lollipops. But we didn’t want it to be over elaborate – we wanted it to be about really wearable, sophisticated clothes."

True to Kane’s signature style, simple silhouettes were order of the day, but the iridescent sequins featuring heavily on many of the pieces seemed reminiscent of   reptilian scales seen in many a sci-fi film.

Both Kane and Koma undoubtedly seemed to be taking their collection into a much more directional galaxy this season. Both of which were totally out of this world!