A dimly lit presentation room at Vauxhall Fashion Scout housed the new Autumn/Winter 2010 presentation from Louise Amstrup. The setting and atmospheric music in the background set the scene nicely for the newest collection which appeared grungy and gothic in its styling on torsos that lined the room. Two projection screens were in the room, one showed images of the Louise Amstrup catwalk show held recently in Copenhagen, the other showed willowy graphics, which complemented the line.

The collection was based on the French dystopian fantasy movie “The City Of Lost Children”. This abstract Tim Burton-esque film had direct influences on the line. The children in the film wear black and white striped t-shirts and on the mannequin appeared a black and white striped dress made of fine cotton and cashmere mix.

The collection had a variety of ashy tones to it, amid a mix of beautiful dresses, crop jumpers and jackets along with a sheer body with feathers adorning the sleeves. The collection is primarily made from silks, cashmere, jersey and net. Some of the garments also featured dusky orange prints, to resemble explosions, again relating back to the theme and content of the film on which the line is based. The grungy styling played with layering jersey pieces over other garments, with net underneath it all; a continuous link amongst the collection on display.

With the main theme of the show being to “find something beautiful in something terrible”, Louise definitely showed there was nothing terrible here, and everything was extremely beautiful.

Louise Amstrup

Image credit: photography courtesy of Vauxhall Fashion Scout

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