fantasy old factory: Leanne Marshall

Monday, February 15, 2010

Leanne Marshall Fall 2010 Collection

Judy Noodles has a whole NEW set of noodles, y'all!

Season 5 Project Runway winner Leanne Marshall showed her collection last night and it's true, everyone's favorite nerdybird found a new toy to play with in her design arsenal. Things are still noodle-y and we would expect no less from her, but she's playing with new shapes and she's added the extra bonus flavor of cutouts to her looks.

Leanne can go from these cute, quirky-girl clothes to these drop dead gorgeous diva gowns in the same collection and somehow make it all fit into one cohesive whole. And all the while, she's giving us things to really look at. With its soft colors, drapings, and textural effects, it's all sculptural in a way that's all her own. Not to sound all fashion-pervy, but some of these clothes you just want to go up and touch, y'know?

[Photos: Getty Images]

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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Leanne Marshall Spring 2010 Collection

It's noodle-free! (Well, mostly.)

T Lo fave Judy Noodles showed her Spring '10 collection and here's what she told us about it:

The collection was inspired by the font Basic Math by WhiteLabel, and also another graphic design image called "Make Luck," which is so perfectly nerdy and utterly Leanne. She started out by taking each letter of the font, cutting them out in the fabrics and draping them and folding them to be non-recognizable as letters. She never made it through the entire alphabet as she had wanted to originally, because some letters were "way better" than others. Everything was made of eco-friendly fabrics. All the colors were hand-dyed by Leanne. The first part of the collection is about more of a buttoned up, but edgier girl; the second half is about a girl who is much softer and ethereal-looking. Again, how perfectly Leanne.

We like it a lot. It's definitely got Leanne written all over it yet it stands on its own, separate from her previous work. She's definitely an innovative and forward-thinking designer whose personal evolution shines through in each piece.

Among the attendees were Kevin Christiana, Suede (who showed up with flowers for Leanne), Jack Mackenroth, and Korto Momolu (click here to see pictures).