UNITED KINGDOM: DESIGNER KATHARINE HAMNETT SHOWS HER COLLECTION AT LONDON FASHION WEEK

Record ID: 231216

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: DESIGNER KATHARINE HAMNETT SHOWS HER COLLECTION AT LONDON FASHION WEEK
  • Date: 20th October 1995
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (OCTOBER 20, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV/SV HIGHLIGHTS OF THE KATHERINE HAMNETT FASHION SHOW (9 SHOTS) 2.20 2. LV/SV MODELS LINING UP CONGRATULATING KATHERINE HAMNETT WHO WALKS THROUGH MIDDLE OF MODELS ON CATWALK (2 SHOTS) 3.04 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 4th November 1995 12:00
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  • Location: LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Reuters ID: LVA3I66A33CAYU5HHVAEGII12C9I
  • Story Text: British fashion designer Katharine Hamnett made a triumphant return to London from Milan on Friday (October 20) with a riotous display of colour and the clean and classic lines inspired by styles of the 1960s.

    Hamnett's first catwalk collection to appear in London since 1989 was one of the main highlights of this year's London Fashion Week.

    She did not disappoint her admirers, showing skinny slacks, shift dresses, hotpants and classic 1960s suits, in a wide variety of shiny, crinkly and see-through fabrics.

    Hamnett described her show as being "emancipated, educated and sexy" and "controlled but perverted".

    Buttock-skimming micro skirts in leather, shiny nylon and treated linen and of a length she called "naked short" were among the first designs which models wore as they walked along the catwalk Neutral shades of sand, ivory and oyster followed, with safari suits and cinch belt coats worn with trilbys.

    They were followed by a dazzling succession of vibrant colours including electric blue, orange, apple green and yellow.

    Sequins on otherwise casual slacks and tank tops followed, then shimmering, tassled sequined evening wear featuring feather head-dresses.


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