London Fashion Week A/W 2008-9: Ben de Lisi

Afternoon shows on day one kicked off with the stalwart of British glamour, Ben de Lisi. His style of understated, high-class sexiness attracted a diverse bunch of front row celebs, everyone from Mark Owen to Jimmy Choo, Miquita Oliver to a posse of identikit St Tropezed-to-the-hilt socialites. Click video above to play.

De Lisi curbed his natural predilection for attention-grabbing colour and favoured a more muted palette, "the colours of an urban landscape" according to the press release. By that read pewter, steel, taupe, black, stone and granite. Funny, the urban landscape round my bit of London is mainly concrete, graffiti, tarmac, cardboard.

The collection was a well balanced mix of loose fitting luid silk jersey tops and playsuits, body-con all in ones, structured wool, glossy patent and wet look PVC. If you bought into those trends this winter, remember to pull them back out for A/W 08-09.

The sportswear luxe pieces worked particularly well, although I was less keen on the metallic lace layered over satin pieces which reminded me too much of one of those shiny Quality Street choc wrappers. Good on chocolate, not so good on flesh.

Besides being a judge/mentor on Project Catwalk, De Lisi is primarily a frocksman, and he didn't disappoint with a collection of billowing gowns, some off-the-shoulder, some high-necked, all crying out for a red carpet. Speaking of which, we have a sneaky suspicion that we might see a de Lisi frock or two at tonight's BAFTA Awards. Eyes peeled folks.

Hannah Kane

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Posted by Catwalk Queen on February 10, 2008 4:20 PM in Fashion Week| London Fashion Week
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