Fashion done your own way by Molly Dutton London Fashion Week is well underway, with brands such as PrettyLittleThing making their debut on the runway. As many of my readers will know, fashion week is one of my favourite sources of inspiration as it allows brands to exhibit the best of their collections, whilst demonstrating the ethos of each of the fashion houses. Whilst I feel extremely passionate about the implications of fast fashion brands, it is somewhat refreshing to see the appearance of more affordable collections on the London runway. PrettyLittleThing has been the source of much debate across social media platforms this week, after the brand made its debut into London Fashion Week with Creative Director, Molly Mae, at the forefront of the show. 22-year-old Molly Mae was controversially appointed to be the Creative Director of PrettyLittleThing last year which sparked big conversations surrounding the power of influencers in current society. The public has demonstrated very mixed opinions, acknowledging that, whilst the show expressed great levels of diversity through its models, the brand itself still fails to recognise the poor wages given to its workers. With conversations surrounding the runway show filling my Twitter feed, it seemed only fair to explore the brand of PrettyLittleThing from all of the different angles. The runway show was located at the Londoner Hotel, with many influencers present in the audience to support the Love Island star in her fashion week debut. Let’s begin with the runway collection itself before delving any further. The collection really explored the neutral and subtle colour palette that is so widely associated with PrettyLittleThing; baby blues, beige and chocolate brown were right at the forefront of the new clothing items. Faux leather 38 CARDIFF TIMES
and snake print had a very big presence throughout the show, with many coats and shorts showing off this trend focus. Molly Mae herself wore one of her favourite pieces from the collection to the after-party; a nude, snake print, leather jacket along with a matching skirt. As a young teen growing up, PrettyLittleThing was the best thing I could get my hands on. It was one of the only places that provided affordable, trendy clothes that could be worn to birthday parties, day trips and anywhere else that I could think of when I was younger. Amongst my friendship group, all of their collections were extremely popular and became the topic of many conversations. I have always had a personal connection to all of the items that I’ve purchased because the brand played such a huge part in my ‘growing up phase’ (I say this as if I’m
