Aquascutum autumn/winter 2010/11 collection

By Hilary Alexander, Fashion Director at London Fashion Week Published: 10:18AM GMT twenty-three February 2010

Inspired by The French Lieutenant?s Woman, the autumn/winter pick up focused on Aquascutum?s rock-solid repute for coats

London Fashion Week so mostly becomes the concentration of the newest, youngest designers that it can be easy to disremember the abounding stick on of bent inside of a little of the oldest-established labels. This LFW season, however, is display that even brands founded scarcely dual centuries ago, can, only similar to Dracula, climb again and be hot, prohibited hot.

Pretty prohibited on the heels of Daks, that kicked off the birthright route mood, on Saturday morning, was Aquascutum, that someway managed to fist in between NewGens Meadham Kirchhoff in Covent Garden, and Vivienne Westwood, at the Royal Courts of Justice.

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This was the initial catwalk show given Aquascutum, founded in 1851, was paid for by the British Fashion Council chairman, Harold Tillman (who additionally owns Jaeger), 6 months ago. The show was staged in the brands Regent Street flagship store, the offered space being privileged to emanate a cosy, utterly close catwalk with only dual rows of seating possibly side.

The good was it authorised a unequivocally close-up perspective of the unblemished peculiarity of fabric, make and cut. The collection, written by Michael Herz, and desirous by The French Lieutenants Woman, focused utterly understandably on Aquascutums rock-solid repute for coats.

These were long, to the ground, with a traditional, narrow, saddle-makers" belt, and worked in cashmere camel and leather, in shades of black, navy, olive and tan. Long trench-coats, and capes, ragged with white organza shirts and wide-legged trousers, combined to the thespian mood, whilst flat, silver, lace-up boots were a complicated touch.

Evening wear strike the lead chord, with, long, full-length dresses, with ruched bodices, in lace, shirred silk, tulle, organza and shimmering bullion brocade.