Three hours sleep did nothing to keep me from my front-row Qasimi seat in New Oxford Street, this sunny Sunday morning of the 25th year of London Fashion Week.
Qasimi is a label that has grown in my good books since I was hooked from their first show (see my review here) at LFW this time last year.
This time around, the spectacle once again made my hurting head spin and my goodie-bag spoilt lips grin.
Shoulders and hip details stood out on almost every piece to create statuesque sillouettes of golden warrior goddesses. The crowd swooned and swayed as floaty, Arabic style trousers and all-in-ones, hardened by leather bodices and statement horizontally-spiking shoulders, strutted in front of us to the sounds of some seamlessly mixed dirty house from DJ Dom T.
The embellishments on everything – the gorgeous golden leather capes, the ridiculously lovely red dress, the cinch-waisted superhero jacket would have made an emperor weep. Dazzling and daring, but completely party-possible, the designer of these delights is Khalid Al-Qasimi, who was in demand backstage as the creations were lovingly wrapped up and non-crust sandwiches were scoffed.
I’m completely in love with the boot-gloves – soft suede, jewel-encrusted triumphs that transform the plainest shoe into a dream. I would fight She-Ra for the golden jacket below and would happily wear every single piece – Qasimi makes me see how over-rated simplicity is and I want it all. Now.
