Top 17 Finds of the Spring

So, I've been at this hitching post for over a year and have typed out over 600 posts already. Weird. I should probably start dating these summary posts, but for now, here's my first Top Finds of the spring season, meaning the kOs posts of the last three months that you should read if you feel like you've missed out on...something. Happy first day of the summer!

1) Designer: Amanda deLeon, Heather Martin of mono
2) Fashion grad student: Sky Lucy Young, Alexxsia Elizabeth
3) Male designer: David Chou
4) Label: Thomas
5) New collection: Mandula, 'Gallery 9', mydearthing S/S 10
6) Runway show: Central Saint Martins BA grad show
7) Basic piece: 4-way dress by Study NY
8) Future purchase: Dusturbance creation
9) Custom made piece: Attila Design Tea Part coat/dress
10) Post: Interview with Konrad Parol
11) Unexplainably popular post: This, featuring ArtLab tanks and scarves.
12) Most wordy posts, in two parts: Part 1, and Part 2
13) Most worn pieces: Attila Design Sybil dress, mydearthing Carly dress, Liza Rietz Points dress, mono jodhpurs, ArtLab Oversized Revolutionary Jacket
14) Best DVD set: Friday Night Lights Season 1
15) Three of the best nights of my life: Beauty and the Beast, Eddie Izzard, Eluveitie
16) Coolest dress ever: mono Scarf Dress
17) Most intriguing piece: Dress by Layo Gbadamosi

Alexxsia Elizabeth

Huzzah! Blogger is finally working. Of course when it goes down just happens to be the exact evening/morning/afternoon when I have tons to post about. And then when it came back up, I was at the doctor, followed by the bra shop and laundry night. Sigh. So I'll fire one off now, before I disappear into the depths of my wonderfully clean sheets. A brief glimpse of Alexxsia Elizabeth's collection, shown at UWE Bristol's show at Graduate Fashion Week and seen via Fashion156, completely reeled me in. The gorgeous palette, entangled fabrics, and lovely silhouettes were inspired by the forest at night and the shadows and creatures, both real and mythical, which inhabit it. Doesn't this remind you of that Gareth Pugh dress, crossed with Where the Wild Things Are? 

Though this is a womenswear collection, Alexxsia, who is also a stylist, previously did a photoshoot with male models wearing these pieces, as seen below. Love. 

Alexxsia, may we see more please?

(Runway photos via Fashion156; Editorial shots and sketches via here)