When Art becomes Fashion with Piers Atkinson's creations

 PIERS ATKINSON

  Now I am not usually one to be inspired by hats or accessories but when i passed Piers Atkinson's stall at LFW my heart skipped a beat and my imagination ran wild. With Alice in Wonderland in mind, I stood there mouth wide open gasping at the floral artistic creations that can retail from £400 upwards!



The Riches of The Earth are bought to life as silk flowers, greenery and tendrils climb over precious metals, gold plated studs and sparkling crystal. Honey, Cream and 24 Carat Gold straw fez hats sit aside Moss, Appe and Gilt saucer berets. These key colours are accented splashes of Dusty Pink, Fuchsia and Rose Red. England's pleasant green works as a backdrop colour to the blushing pinks of Japan's cherry blossom, Mediterranean bougainvilleas or the rich hues of Chinese Camila's. A global celebration. A celebration that was sitting in front of me in the Exhibition hall of LFW. 

It wasn't until Atkinson himself came over and started explaining the inspirations behind this outstanding collection that I decided to stop staring, close my mouth and start acting like a sophisticated 'stuck up' woman that LFW was full off.  Atkinson was soon in full swing explaining his collection which he called 'La Belle Au Bole; which to us means Sleeping Beauty in French. He tells me that the exotic designs unravel a two small tale's which go like this,



The Garden of Eden of 'Adam and Eve' is given a Clapham Common make-over in 'Adam and Steve' and ten whisked off to the modern day Elysian fields of Hollywood in 'Franky', and then straight back down to earth in the 'Dalston II' a fuchsia fusion of shocking pink leather, vignettes in tiny models makes figures and Andrew Logan jewels.

The other tale was alittle more romantic. Frances answer to Sleeping Beauty, 'La Belle Au Bois', does a turn in florals and diamante, wieling and false eyelashes while the handsome, and devilishly horny, moustached prince (or is he actually the Green Man?), slashing through those red,red roses, is certainly thinking of more than a kiss to wake his bride-to-be.........



This collection from Atkinson still holds his signature sense of humour but yet it is still as ripe for an outing at the Royal Ascot as much as the society wedding, a spin on the dance floor or for a day when you want to look more like GaGa rather than the girl next door!

Check out his website - www.piersatkinson.com