ENGLAND: DESIGNERS PEARCE FIONDA AND COPPERWHEAT BLUNDELL SHOW THEIR AUTUMN/WINTER COLLECTIONS AT LONDON FASHION WEEK

Record ID: 231193

  • Title: ENGLAND: DESIGNERS PEARCE FIONDA AND COPPERWHEAT BLUNDELL SHOW THEIR AUTUMN/WINTER COLLECTIONS AT LONDON FASHION WEEK
  • Date: 22nd February 1998
  • Summary: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (FEBRUARY 22, 1998) REUTERS TELEVISION - AVAILABLE ALL == PEARCE FIONDA SHOW == 1. SV/MCU MODELS BACKSTAGE PREPARING FOR SHOW/ POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH WITH PEARCE AND FIONDA (7 SHOTS) 0.22 2. MCU REN PEARCE IN BLACK SHIRT SAYING THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER IN A SMALL STUDIO SO IDEAS HAPPEN/ ANDREW FIONDA (IN WHITE T-SHIRT) SAYS EVERYONE BOUNCES IDEAS OFF EACH OTHER, PARTICULARLY HIMSELF AND REN OBVIOUSLY, FOR EXAMPLE REN WILL HAVE AN IDEA, ANDREW WILL ADD TO IT ... IT'S GOOD (ENGLISH) 0.36 3. SV MODEL ON CATWALK IN SATIN BIAS-CUT DIAGONAL SKIRT WEARING LARGE "RASTAFARIAN" STYLE WIG 0.43 4. SV RED CHECK SATIN TROUSER SUIT 0.47 5. CU YASMIN LE BON IN RED SATIN BIAS-CUT DRESS 0.54 6. SV MODEL IN SHAWL-COLLARED QUILTED SILVER COAT WITH SATIN DRESS 0.58 7. SV GOLD AND BLACK FROCK COAT WITH TIE AT BACK 1.03 8. SV BLACK SATIN SUIT WITH DIAGONAL SKIRT 1.06 9. SV LONG BLACK COAT WITH WHITE QUILTED COLLAR REVERS 1.10 10. SV THICK GREY WOOL JACKET AND TROUSERS 1.16 11. CU WHITE THIN WOOL T-SHIRT WITH CROSS DETAIL 1.20 12. SV LAYERED CHIFFON PETTICOAT WITH THICK PINSTRIPE WOOL SHAWL 1.30 13. SLV REN PEARCE COMES DOWN STAIRCASE APPLAUDED BY MODELS/ ANDREW FIONDA COMES DOWN OTHER STAIRCASE AS SHOW ENDS 1.40 == COPPERWHEAT BLUNDELL == 14. SV MODEL ON CATWALK IN SHORT TAILORED JACKET, MOHAIR WRAP AROUND HIPS AND PINSTRIPE TROUSERS 1.49 15. LV PULL SV OF VENUE/ MODEL IN SATIN SKIRT OVER TROUSERS AND GREY TIGHT TOP 2.00 16. SV MALE MODEL IN LAPELLED JERKIN WITH FUR COLLAR 2.07 17. SV PULL OUT LV GIRL IN GREY FLANNEL DUFFEL COAT 2.12 18. SV YASMIN LE BON IN GREY SATIN DRESS WITH FUR TRIM 2.22 19. SV GIRL IN SHORT SHEEPSKIN WRAP-AROUND 2.33 20. SV SHORT GREY WOOL DRESS WITH MOHAIR WRAP COLLAR 2.40 21. SV AUDIENCE 2.43 22. SV MALE MODEL IN GREY SHIRT TUNIC 2.50 22. SV GREY "BLANKET" DRESS WITH TASSLES 3.00 23. SV MALE MODEL IN GREY ENSEMBLE WITH "BEARSKIN" HAT 3.08 24. SV LAST MODEL COMES ON CATWALK WITH BEADED FRONT-ONLY TUNIC/ AUDIO OF WHISTLING AND APPLAUSE 3.17 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA74RZOK6PAYWZPW8J1PIXSQKN9
  • Story Text: Fashion duos Pearce Fionda and Copperwheat Blundell - both credited with generating renewed interest in British fashion - have been showing their Autumn/Winter 1998 collections at London Fashion Week.

    Reynold "Ren" Pearce and Andrew Fionda showed more of the high quality creations people have come to expect from the Pearce Fionda label on Sunday (February 22) evening in a collection which was almost haute couture.

    The duo held their show in the opulent Grand Ballroom of London's luxurious Grosvenor Park Hotel.Models sashayed down parallel catwalks before an audience of nearly two hundred people.

    The first outfits on the catwalks were in a range of heavy-weight satins; bias-cut to flatter the female form.

    Later more sculpted brocade and heavily quilting was used.

    Inspiration for the collection was drawn from Russia and the over-throw of the last Tsar.

    Reynold Pearce and Andrew Fionda met whilst studying fashion at university.Their first collection was launched in 1995 to immediate acclaim and has since won several awards.

    Speaking backstage after the show, Pearce and Fionda said the fact they are work together in a small studio with a group of people means they bounce ideas around between them to come up with their final designs.

    Attention to detail has been an important part of the Pearce Fionda label, with particular emphasis on cut, silhouette and proportion.The label is aimed at the higher end of the designer womenswear market, although a range is also produced for wider market and sold through the British department store Debenhams.

    Later in the evening Pamela Copperwheat and Lee BLundell showed their men and womenswear offerings for next winter...a range of sharply tailored jackets with the occasional twist in the form of a mohair hip wrap, or a side fastening jacket.

    Sheepskin featured widely in the collection, as well as fur trim.Fake or real? Impossible to tell.

    Copperwheat and Blundell also met at college - but instead of being students, both were already lecturing at London's St Martin's School of Art when they created their design partnership.

    Both say the philosophy behind their Copperwheat Blundell label is based heavily on the multicultural influences of London life.The designers also travel overseas frequently for further inspiration.

    Like many British designers Copperwheat Blundell have their creations manufactured in Italy.


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