LFW: Eco chic at London Fashion Week - Ada Zanditon

Sculptural, innovative and eccentric are all words I could apply to the work of rising star Ada Zanditon, who is currently leading the way in ethical haute couture. After causing a stir with her graduate collection and Emergence collection for S/S '09, Zanditon has just launched her A/W range to much acclaim.

The winter collection has all the trademark features of Zanditon's work: exaggerated silhouettes and extreme, hourglass curves, but in place of the linens and shimmery fabrics of the summer pieces, she has gone in for heavy Scottish wools, alpaca and silk. All of these materials are sourced in the UK, and an inspiration for the collection is Celtic spirituality.

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This is evidenced in some of the more extravagant pieces, which reference fierce characters such as the warrior queen, Boudicca. But equally important to Zanditon is her commitment to ecology and a sense of "community, spirit and place".

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