DESIGNER DAILY: Alice McCALL

Edited by Jessica Lapidos

Alice McCall knows what women want to wear right now. Sheer palazzo pants, bold prints over bright stripes, prairie-leaning leather shorts and bell sleeves with eyelets have landed her in over 165 stores in 10 countries. This Aussie got her fashionable start in London working for MTV styling the Stylissimo series, where she got the opportunity to dress Natalie Imbruglia. From there she launched her own styling firm Torn and thus has worked with lady powerhouses like Kelis, Destiny’s Child , Blondie and Marianne Faithful. During this time, she started selling her one-off 50s inspired silk print tops that were snatched up by Kate Moss and influential others. After stints designing for companies like Buddhist Punk, she launched her own label Alice McCALL in 2004. And here we are, Fall 2012. 

Trendspark: Sweat Chic Gets It’s Time to Glissen, Cause You Know Models Don’t Sweat

Edited by Saynt

The new trend to watch in the spring is the growing amount of sweatshirt material high-fashion pieces hitting stores. So basically, you can look like a model when you hit the gym. As if I need more distractions while attempting to pump out super sets on weekdays. WWD featured a couple of the coolest pieces to watch for from Alternative Orange, Alice McCall, Slow and Steady Wins the Race, WKND by Cheap Monday, Jeremy Scott for Originals by Original, and True Religion.

(DISCLAIMER: Daniel Saynt doesn’t actually “pump out super sets on weekdays”. That would require him to get his ass of his computer, which rarely happens since he’s addicted to fashionindie.com and Google searching his own name.)

Collab Ho: Alice McCall for Topshop

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

Alice McCall’s collection for Topshop turned out to be their fastest selling line to date, and now she returns for round two, her inspiration; computer games

“Alice McCall has been one of the most successful brands for Topshop since it inception and is one of the fastest selling, with key pieces being snapped up within a matter of hours,” says a Topshop spokesperson

She says: “The second Topshop range is looking at the whole Atari computer game movement of the late eighties as the foundation for our print, and to bring a cool urban edge to pretty dresses and separates. This is very Alice McCall.”

The collection sees black and white stripes come together with grey marl to create graphic lines in curve-skimming fabrics, while flashes of teal and hot pink are seen in the print and tuxedo trousers.

Alice McCall for Topshop will be available from September 25.

Thanks Fashionista via Vogue UK