London Fashion Week: Reporting Backstage at Alessia Prekop

The Alessia Prekop S/S 2014 collection provided an array of elegant and feminine outfits in fairly muted tones. The focus was very much on puffy statement sleeves, contrasting waist-hip ratios, strong angles and a framing of black. Ruffles and frills provided a very feminine carefree twist to an elegant and minimalist collection. Backstage, head make-up artist Kim Brown explained that the skin featured no contouring or blush, in order to highlight a clean and clear skin with summery feel. The main focus was the bright neon eyebrows; each model fashioned a striking bright blue or purple eyebrow, while liquid eyeliner was used to elongate the shape of brows and eyes. Lips were tinted purple to bring the makeup look together, while completely contrasting to the colour and texture in the clothes. Similarly, the hair was really simple and strong; there was absolutely not a hair out of place. The clothing featured a lot of diagonal cuts, so the hair featured a diagonal parting. Hair was tied up in a bun and Label-M Extra Strong Moose was used to give the hair a clean and shiny look, while ensuring it stayed put. Once the models hit the catwalk with their completed looks, the show was incredible. Alessia Prekop's collection will be extremely popular amongst fans of the minimalist trend that want to add a little twist; ruffles, round and diagonal cuts were massively prominent throughout and provide extra dimension to otherwise classic styles.