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Helen Seamons

Top ten London fashion week moments

London fashion top ten: Observer top ten at London fashion week
1. Michael Roberts for Onetshirt

The photographer, illlustrator and fashion and style editor of Vanity Fair has collaborated with design duo Carlo Ninchi and Vittorio Locatelli, providing illustrations for a T-shirt collection. Due on the shop floor this spring, they are sure to become hot property among the fashion pack
Photograph: Jo Jones/Observer
London fashion top ten: Observer's top ten London fashion week moments
2. Giles

It is almost impossible not to smile at one of Giles's shows. Having spent our college years hanging out with the designer, we can confirm that this collection had more than a nod to the styles he favoured during his clubbing days. We loved the psychedelic coloured Pac-Man pattern jumpers - spotted the very next day on Katie Grand, Giles creative director, sitting front row at Burberry
Photograph: Jo Jones/Observer
London fashion top ten: Observer's top ten London fashion week moments
3. Top Shop Unique

Eat your heart out Crystal Tips, we loved the hair at the Top Shop Unique show. Watch our for the fashion pages in the Observer, we were one step ahead on this trend
Photograph: Jo Jones/Observer
London fashion top ten: Observer top ten fashion moment
4. Christopher Kane

Kane's sister Tammy described the collection as ”Princess Margaret on acid” - need we say more? A collection of fluoro perforated leather with a vinyl coating and delicate but contemporary lace
Photograph: PR
London fashion top ten: Observer's London top ten
5. Antipodium

We were truly impressed by Geoffrey Finch's collection for spring/summer 2011. Held at Somerset House, the models wandered around the sunlit Portico Rooms in delicate print dresses. Also new this season is menswear and a denim capsule collection
Photograph: Jo Jones/Observer
London fashion top ten: Observer's top ten London fashion week moments
6. Anya Hindmarch

Visiting Anya Hindmarch's show room during fashion week is always a treat. This season she set up shop aboard a 1920s boat moored at Lambeth Pier. Our collection highlights were ice cream pastel bags and matching purses. For those who forgot their sea legs there were paper sick bags on hand and a cheeky reminder not to reach for the nearest handbag
Photograph: Helen Seamons/Observer
London fashion top ten: Observer london fashion week top ten
7. Berardi

Antonio Berardi said of his latest collection 'I want the romance back, but within the confines of what I do'. The collection was exquisite, our favourite pieces were the raw-edged 50s dresses, the earrings by Pebbles and the bright orange shoes
Photograph: Helen Seamons/Observer
London fashion top ten: Observer fashion week top ten
8. Co-Operative

The knitwear design duo Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann held their show at The Groucho Club on Dean Street, where the audience were crammed into the bar. The scene felt more like a relaxed speakeasy than a fashion show: models sat around in geometric patterned creations, one played the piano, while the audience sipped cocktails - that's our kinda show
Photograph: Helen Seamons/Observer
London fashion top ten: Observer fashion week top ten
9. Richard Nicoll

Issey Miyake would be impressed - the pleats did indeed please. Nicoll presented a stunning collection, using pleating as a way to create flattering volume. Inspired by David Bowie, the 'Thin White Duke' models bore more than a close resemblance to the singer as they walked to the album 'Station to Station'
Photograph: Antonio de Moraes Barros Filho/WireImage
London fashion top ten: Observer top ten fashion moments
10. Battersea

Venue of the week had to be the decayed grandeur of Battersea Power Station in south London. Matthew Williamson showed in a transparent ended tent within the crumbling building, which made for a truly stunning backdrop as the sun went down
Photograph: Helen Seamons/Observer
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