Lulu Kennedy’s coterie of emerging talent provided a rich offering of imaginative and experimental clothes at Saturday’s Fashion East show. British-born Supriya Lele kicked off the proceedings with a static presentation immediately before the show, exploring the connection between her family’s Indian heritage and her London upbringing. Despite the use of PVC, latex and gaffer tape fastenings, it was an elegant debut for the designer who graduated from the Royal College of Art’s MA course last year.
Inspired by memories of watching her grandmother tie a sari, she played with the concept of wrapping. But there was nothing sentimental in her slick reimagining. A baby pink skin-tight top came with a matching pair of wide-leg trousers, topped with a shiny red skirt constructed to look as if wrapped around the waist. She coated silks with plastic to give them the effect of sexy PVC and used them in slim pants that had gold gaffer-tape fastenings and, in the case of the pink pair, wrapped around the leg above the knee. And her latex maxi coat looked like it was made of heavy silk — no mean feat.
Mimi Wade returned with more of her kitsch boudoir creations, this time inspired by motifs from the
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