UNITED KINGDOM: DESIGNERS JOE CASELY-HAYFORD AND JULIEN MacDONALD SHOW 1998 AUTUMN/WINTER COLLECTIONS AT LONDON FASHION WEEK

Record ID: 231175

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: DESIGNERS JOE CASELY-HAYFORD AND JULIEN MacDONALD SHOW 1998 AUTUMN/WINTER COLLECTIONS AT LONDON FASHION WEEK
  • Date: 25th February 1998
  • Summary: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 24, 1998)(RTV - ACCESS ALL) (JOE CASELY-HATFORD) 1. WS /TRACK MODEL WEARING CHARCOAL GREY DRESS WITH SINGLE LAPEL TAILORING 0.11 2. WS /TRACK MODEL WEARING CHARCOAL GREY DRESS WITH SINGLE LAPEL TAILORING 0.32 3. PAN DOWN GREY PINSTRIPE TROUSER SUIT WITH DIAGONAL COLOURED STITCHING ON SHOULDER AND HEM 0.38 4. VARIOUS GREY PINAFORE DRESS WITH YELLOW APPLIQUED DAISIES 0.48 5. PAN UP WIDE LEG TROUSERS IN SLATE-BLUE TEAMED WITH NAVY TOP WITH BLACK TASSELS 0.53 6. SV PLUM "PEDAL-PUSHER" STYLE SHORT TROUSERS, TAILORED JACKET WITH INSERT LEATHER STITCHED BUTTON SLIT 1.00 7. TRACK CREAM FLECKED SWEATER WITH SLASH LEATHER NECK 1.03 8. FINALE OF SHOW/ JOE CASELY-HAYFORD ACCEPTING APPLAUSE 1.13 9. LV/WS FINALE OF SHOW/ JOE CASELY-HAYFORD ACCEPTING APPLAUSE (3 SHOTS) 1.29 10. DESIGNER JOE CASELY-HAYFORD SAYING I THINK SO MANY WOMEN TODAY WANT TO WEAR THESE CLOTHES, I THINK ALTHOUGH WE SEEM TO BE IN THIS SORT OF PERIOD WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO LOOK GLAMOROUS AND SHOW HOW MUCH WEALTH WE HAVE, I THINK THE MORE INTERESTING PEOPLE IN OUR SOCIETY AT THE MOMENT AREN'T REALLY PLAYING THAT GAME AND THEY WANT TO LOOK INTERESTING AND TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TEXTURES AND DIFFERENT CUTTING METHODS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND I THINK THAT WHAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW IN MY COLLECTIONS, I FEEL THAT WOMEN WHO BUY CLOTHES ARE INTERESTED IN THAT RATHER THAN HOW MUCH MONEY THEY HAVE (ENGLISH) 2.04 11. TRACK SILVER CATSUIT WITH PURPLE BOA FEATHER TRIM 2.18 12. TRACK GREY KNIT COAT WITH BLACK APPLIQUED PATTERN AND FEATHER TRIM 2.25 13. SLV MODEL WEARING LONG BLACK WIG IN LONG SHIFT DRESS WITH RED AND SILVER HOOP BANDING 2.35 14. TRACK GREEN SHEER DRESS WITH "KLIMT" STYLE BLACK SPIRALS AND SILVER FERN PATTERN 2.46 15. SV LOOSE CROCHET BLACK DRESS WITH FEATHER TRIM AND YELLOW BOLERO JACKET WITH GREEN FEATHER TRIM 2.50 16. VARIOUS LONG FLARED KNITTED TUNIC IN VARIOUS BROWNS WITH RED SLACKS AND PURPLE FEATHER HEADDRESS 3.02 17. TRACK RED TOP EMBROIDERED WITH FLOWERS 3.12 18. PAN DOWN SILVER KNITTED DRESS WITH MIRROR SQUARES IN SHAPES OF CROSSES, FEATHER TRIM HEM AND CRYSTAL BEADING 3.19 19. SV HOAX MICHAEL JACKSON SEATED BETWEEN YOUNG BOY WITH "CATS" CAP AND WOMAN WITH LOBSTER HEADPIECE 3.22 20. TRACK MODEL IN SHEER BLACK NET DRESS WITH SEQUINS SEWN ONTO UPPER BODICE, COLLAR WITH BEADED FRINGE 3.29 21. TRACK SHEER BLACK DRESS WITH LONG STRINGS OF FLOWERS EMBROIDERED IN 3.39 22. VARIOUS "WEDDING DRESS" IN WHITE CROCHET KNIT WITH RUBY LONG VEIL ADORNED WITH METALLIC LEAVES AND FLOWERS 4.02 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th March 1998 12:00
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  • Story Text: Opposite ends of the fashion spectrum have been wowing international buyers at London Fashion week.

    Joe Casely-Hayford and Julien MacDonald juxtaposed austere tailoring and fantasy glamour to packed audiences at the Autumn/Winter 1998 collections.

    Joe Casely-Hayford presented an austere Autumn/Winter 1998 collection on Tuesday (February 24, 1998) in the faded grandeur of the Battersea Grand Hall.

    Inspired by Bertold Brecht's play, "Mother Courage", and using it for the title of his collection, Hayford showed finely tailored separates and suits in a muted palette of charcoal grey, deep navy and plum.

    Fine wool dresses with jacket lapels ingeniously cut into the line were shown alongside paler grey pinstripe trouser suits.

    Shorter trousers made their appearance, worn with stilettos or high ankle boots, and pinafore-style dresses accompanied high-neck blouses with ties, reminiscent of schoolmistresses.

    Details of multi-coloured diagonal machine stitching subtly adorned hems and shoulders, while bolder yellow appliqued daisies were splashed on grey and navy knee length dresses.

    Hayford told Reuters Television after the show that his designs were for the modern woman who was interested in the clothes "rather than how much money they have".

    At the other end of the fashion spectrum, Julien MacDonald showed a glamorous and expensive range of evening dresses and knitwear to a crowd excited by the appearance of a hoax Michael Jackson.

    The packed tent was entirely duped by the stunt, which had security, press and public relations, models and designer fooled throughout the catwalk show.

    Based on the fairytale of a princess lost in the forest and discovered by huntsmen, Macdonald's "Allerleirauh" collection's emphasis was on fabulous evening wear, rich reds, sumptuous browns, gold and silver predominating.

    The Welsh knitwear designer stunned the audience with sheer black dresses embroidered with chains of flowers, gold and silver slinky knits adorned with ropes of purple tassels and black feather fringing.

    The influence of artists like Gustav Klimt was apparent in appliqued black spirals and silver fern patterns, and a medieval feel was created with long draped sleeves and asymetrically cut hemlines.

    The bewitching show finished with a "fairytale" finale, featuring a white crochet knit figure-hugging gown, complemented by a deep ruby long veil into which metallic leaves and flowers had been woven.

    As well as producing his own twice-yearly collection in London, MacDonald has also designed for French fashion house Chanel, and Karl Lagerfield's own label.The twenty-five year old's clients include pop singers Madonna, Diana Ross and Kylie Minogue.


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