The Wondrous Jeff Garner and Prophetik - Artist Wonderment show

This show is always the most amazing ever, not surprising when you cross a published poet and a truly talented designer! Jeff Garners Artist Wonderment  show is `inspired by the court of Louis XV, when art became frivolous, a slave to consumers, diseased of romantic snobbery,pretending to be what they are not. The season exudes the freedom from the pretense of being what we would become fleeing from egotism into the wonderment of an artist`
Ripped silks and organic velour are juxtaposed with 150year old southern quilts from Garners grandmother!

Thick and heavy hemp skirts vi for our attention with the glorious pants,breeches and pantaloons shown on both men and women!
Colours are earth based hues of white ,black chainmail plum violet deep scarlet and burgundy! a true festival champetre!

LIBERTY should just grab the whole collection its AMAZING!

Forget green,eco, sustainable, ethical ... Intelligent fashion is the NEW Word on the block!

I am really not sure if its all the green wash going on, or the fact that I have seen too many righteous academics,  maybe just simply my natural sense of rebellion, but the word Ethical has just got to me!! 
So it was just glorious and refreshing at the Estethica press day at Somerset House yesterday to hear Lucy Siegle coin the phrase Intelligent Fashion! 

The Estethica Press follows a format , brunch, preview of  Estethica designers summer sun collection, then announcement by British Fashion Council of the new recipients of the Estethica mentoring scheme, supported by the London Development Agency followed by a lively Q&A with a theme 'Sustainable Fashion from Conservation to Innovation,followed by tea and and the protocol carriages!

Lucy Siegle formed part of the panel which included, Jessica Brinton (Sunday Times Style), ,Christopher Raeburn, Dilys Williams (Centre for Sustainable Fashion), Claire Hamer (Eight) and Orsola de Castro (Co-curator, Estethica). 

There is always a bit of an attack on the panel by lets call it for the moment the non believers, or maybe the cynics might be a better word! I mean I know that nothing is perfect and the Ethical brigade can get quite precious once in a while! But really no one can take away the total commitment and perseverance of Orsola de Castro and Filippo Ricci, plus they re not really interested in grabbing the limelight! Whenever I see Orsola she says she is counting the days till march when she can just slide back into being a designer. poor darling wondering if anyone will let her!

Anyhow it was HERE that Lucy Siegle uttered the words intelligent fashion! Right on!
I mean who the hell doesn't want to consider themselves that! Its a marketing dream, translatable in every language, which I am going to make full use of!!

Prophetik - AW2010 - London Fashion week

Jeff Garner , designer of Prophetik and published poet!

`I settled for a cafe instead of an unknown
I settled for a job instead of a poem
I settled for a damsel in distress rather than my love
I settled for life instead of taking life by the horns....`

Then it all changed, eight years ago ! thank god for us because this years collection from Prophetik is the best! A sustainable mens and womenswear label Prophetik is focused on enviromentally friendly materials including organic cottons, hemp,flax, Greenspun (recycled bottles) and organic pigment dyed gots certified fabrics and I love it check link on Jeff Garner