Arabian Desert nomad meets bondage fantasy

Report by Amy Fisher. Photography by Lin Vitali.

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Jacob Kimmie at London Fashion Week

The Jacob Kimmie AW11 collection debuted at Freemasons Hall during London Fashion week, February 2011. Set in a spacious, grand hall divided by two sets of cast iron gates, two square, white blocks were the perch for two male models who lay semi-naked in nothing but white, gauze underpants, encompassing the collection’s fusion of sacredness, ritual dressing and innocence with provocative and erotic elements.

Jacob Kimmie’s collection showcased differing looks

Jacob Kimmie’s collection showcased a range of differing looks. The first was a range of dark denim dresses with minimal and sporty panels of white lace. Elizabethan inspired shapes were apparent and were contemporised through the use of asymmetric hems with simple, raw edges. Models were styled with wild, tall hair and pale makeup, with white tights and sporty, wedged trainer boots.

Next from Jacob Kimmie was a seductive black cobweb-lace look, with more sophisticated body-con silhouettes like pencil skirts with Elizabethan style ribbon fastenings and the same use of minimal panelling and peek-a-boo cuts.

Fashion Designer Jacob Kimmie sexes it up in a clash of creeds and cultures.

The collection took a more suggestive turn thereafter, with bondage style thigh-high, patent boots worn with seductive black chiffon that wrapped and draped over barely there, simple under garments. The sheers was also wrapped around the head in the style of a niqab with models eyes emphasised with sexy, exotic smoky eye shadow. In a clash of cultures and religious beliefs the models were also adorned with a silver crucifix on that lay between their brow and down their nose. The look said Arabian Desert nomad meets bondage fantasy - very suggestive and controversial. Embellished bomber jackets, satin combat style, skintight trousers with leather heels and leather fringing kept the provocative and invoking look current and edgy.

Jacob Kimmie’s final look of the AW11 collection was a range of simple, sporty maxi dresses with interesting cuts around the neck and bare branch monochrome prints followed by all white outfits of chiffon that was wrapped around the body and styled with white leggings and trainers. Models were painted in red, which added a sinister feel to the purity of the white. A male model wearing a white veil played with the idea of innocence, religious ritual and gender identification.

LFW - Jacob Kimmie AW11 presentation
LFW - Jacob Kimmie AW11 presentation

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