A.W.A.K.E AW19 – A weird romance

The central plotline in the A.W.A.K.E AW19 collection presented at London Fashion Week, was the tension between the revealed and the concealed. This season creator Natalia Alaverdian features a raw visual language of raves rendered in Trainspotting, a weird romance in the Scottish Highlands.

The collection featured silhouettes which were minimalistic and avant-garde at the same time in a highly imaginative mix. Crushed velvet, Elizabethan necklines and turbo-sized outerwear walked down the runway alongside orange rust leather and coffee colour corderouy or vinyl cigarette trousers cut backwards. Evening gowns pulled entirely apart, reconstructed and safety-pinned back together. Necklines were lower and skirt slits higher – for nobody but the wearer, with an understanding of the female form. This season’s muses are makers, demonstrators and educators, brilliant, difficult women with strange stories to tell.

A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Minimalistic and avant-garde at the same Time. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Elizabethan necklines. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Minimalistic silhouettes. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Evening gowns pulled apart. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Coffee colour corderouy. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Turbo-sized outerwear.A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
This season’s muses are makers. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A raw visual language. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Orange rust in leather. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Vinyl cigarette trousers cut backwards. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Reconstructed and safety-pinned back together. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Necklines were lower. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Skirt slits were higher. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
An understanding of the female form. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
T. ension between the revealed and the concealedA.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Brilliant women with strange stories to tell. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A weird romance in the Scottish Highlands. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
Crushed velvet. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko
A highly imaginative mix. A.W.A.K.E AW19. Photograph: Viktor Boyko