London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 Coverage: Jonathan Saunders and Mary Katrantzou

London Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 Coverage:
Jonathan Saunders and Mary Katrantzou

By Alexandra SUHNER ISENBERG, Editor-at-Large

Jonathan Saunders

Jonathan Saunders used to be about amazing prints (if you can remember that far back.) Then he started showing in New York, and turned into the young British designer for New Yorkers (read: tame collections to suit a tame market.) Then he moved back to London, but the collections still have that American commercialism, but without a personality...read more

Mary Katrantzou

Season after season I wonder how this brand makes money. Mary Katrantzou's printed dresses are so extreme, I question how many people actually buy them. This season the prints featured postage stamps and what appeared to be different currency. The concept was beautiful, but placed onto her shapes (which were less shapely and form fitting than before) they just seemed a but vulgar...read more

Photos courtesy of Vogue.com