With London's print revolution on the rise, you can expect London Fashion Week to be something out of the ordinary starting with "The Queen of Prints," Mary Kantrantzou. Yesterdays runway show displayed world-history inspired pieces printed with stamps and bank notes from different cultures. In the first half of the show A-line skirts, bib dresses and trousers adorned with stamp prints from the likes of Russia, Venezuela, Mongolia, Greece to Finland trotted down the runway. The perforated stamp edges helped give each piece a literal window into another culture. The second half of the show, far less shocking, contained subtle bank note prints shot through with metallic threads. While the currencies used in the collection are no longer in the circulation, their aesthetic worth still remains the same. Fairly new to the fashion world, Mary Katrantzou is already in the running for 2012 Designer of the Year, along with Stella McCartney and Christopher Kane.
