FASHION: Ted Baker Survival of the Fittest Runway Show

Drizzle on umbrellas, crumpled leaves on the floor, ivy-clad tree trunks blown inside and warming coffee. No, not summer in London, this was the set specially created for the first Ted Baker AW 12 collection for a select audience of their high performing teams, directors and designers for Ted’s Team Day and us.

The theme was Survival of the Fittest with country pursuit tweeds and check with flashes of bright, exotic animal prints.  Just as the feathers for fishing have been mostly dyed a variety of yellow, green, red and orange so the collection took on these hues with mustards and  gold-soled high heel shoes, red feather sleeveless jackets, leopard  print shirts and bright clutch bags.  For the boys it was skinny jackets, diamante brooches, patterned woollen scarves, hunting jackets and moustache motif accessories.

The girls have taken over suits – with their own pretty moustaches proving that anything Ted Baker can do for the boys he can do it better for the girls. Red is still a big colour – you knew you were at a Ted show by the guys in the front row wearing red jeans and neon brogues – including the man thought to be Ted Baker himself.

Is This Ted?

A photo is worth a hundred words so here’s some shots we took at the show:

Brollies and Brights at Ted Baker AW 12

Brollies were bright, florals or even intergalactic.

Ted Baker Yellows

Mustards, bright yellows and golds (on the sole of the shoes)

Ted Baker Knits

Girls wore pink moustaches.

Shrugs and Fake Furs

Think Dynasty’s Alexis for the sleeveless feather jackets and The Help for the shrug fake furs and fuller skirts.

Red Top and Feather Jacket

The feather bolero jacket (on the right) caught the light and shimmered.

Ted Baker Nanny

This one’s quite a look.

Exotic Print Silk Scarves

Ted Baker Noir

Some sultry outfits for winter parties – bronze cropped trousers, a smoking jacket and bow tie for the lady.

Ted Baker Glamour

Skirt turning feathers and waist boucle or embellished bodice statements.

Ted Baker Finale

Tonnes of detail and beautiful glossy fabric.

Here’s Shinesquad at the show…there was a great atmosphere and it’s definitely going to be a wild season with Ted Baker.

Shinesquad’s Charlotte Lamont & Alan Greenhalgh at Ted Baker

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