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THURSDAY 22-03-2001
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Photos: Doris Grünes
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Industrial knitwear is Bata Morgan's specialty. The latest collection includes delicate see-through dresses and tops featuring raw hems and ruche detailing. A lot more robust seems Ane Urkizu's range of asymmetric shapes and screen printed fabrics made into pencil skirts and slim fit trousers. Students at Waltham Forest College swear by the current corset craze. Their versions are kept in black and white and are delicately decorated.
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Onmiown is Kulsum Sidat's latest range of fresh and vibrant clothing for women with attitude. Blankets and straight pieces of cloth are turned into wrap-around skirts with a little help of large safety pins. Middlesex University's colourful capes feature a multitude of fabric patterns ranging from Union Jack inspired prints to animal references. Philippa Griffiths expresses the bizarre and ridiculous with ragged skirts, bandage-style tops and trousers featuring their inner workings - such as seams and zips - on the outside.
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In a beautiful menswear range Laura-Anne Davis combines traditional Indian costume with the look of the English gent. Long tunics in olive and red are teamed with triangular capes in contrasting shades or tartan. Rose Truchet and Ivy To offer clothes for women with drama and character. Asymmetry, flamboyant ruching and fabric combinations play key roles in the duo's collection.
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Textile manipulator Isabelle Lebreton's latest offerings feature light flowing fabrics draped and gathered into a feminine silhouette. Romantic fetish is Stephanie Weimar's passion and her collection successfully melts traditional tailoring and bondage into a harsh but inevitably sexy look. Jane Louise Garry's clothes are for party princesses who like little frocks in blinding colours decorated with a heavy dose of glitz'n'glitter.
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