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London Fall 2012: Christopher Kane, Erdem, Burberry
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Christopher Kane: What does it mean when a designer known for neons, who did a particularly light take on Spring, goes dark? Simply that he's getting more interesting. Such was the case chez Kane, where the 29-year-old wunderkind has obviously taken a lesson or two from his side gig at Versace. Sex sells, but in fashion, so does intrigue. The show began with an intriguing leather statement: pinstriped pieces were slouchy and tossed-on. And then, the color statement: expect shades of sapphire to be huge for Fall, because Kane showed it in moiré in the majority of looks, trimmed fiercely in black. Crimson was another creepy motif, apparent in the same ultra-lean silhouettes that have become a CK signature for the next-generation CK. The designer's unusual influence was Al Pacino's film Cruiser, an early-eighties thriller about a gay serial killer, but the overall effect was sinister, in a good way.
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