Bora Aksu’s show is always one of my highlights of the season. Aksu’s references are always very personal, often drawing from his childhood in Turkey but they are deftly translated into beautiful, delicate, ethereal collections. His SS16 season is no different. Inspired by childhood summers spent in ...
London Fashion Week: Bora Aksu AW15
Inspired by the songbird in Oscar Wilde's The Nightingale, Bora Aksu's autumn/winter 2015 collection is an ode to romance and the pursuit of true love. The colour palette told a story, starting with midnight blue then sherbet shades and opulent gold before ended with stark black. As usual, Aksu's ...
London Fashion Week: Bora Aksu SS15
Bora Aksu's collections always have an ethereal, fairytale like aesthetic so it's fitting that his SS15 collection is inspired by fairytale characters. Rather than Cinderlla and Snow White, Bora has been inspired by background characters from the fairytales by the Brothers Grimm, dark fairytales for ...
London Fashion Week: Bora Aksu AW13
The Bora Aksu show opened with pretty lace, crochet and laser cut pieces in neutral tones of off-white, slate grey and beige and ended with more dramatic jewel tones including rich aubergine and bold raspberry. Inspired by the 1920s and the Art Deco movement, the collection featured exquisite ...