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Silicon details and latex panels featured in Royal College of Art graduate Xiao Li’s first London Fashion Week show.

Xiao Li‘s Autumn Winter 2014 collection included sections of latex that were moulded against knitwear to create texture.

Bumpy silicon strips were used around cuffs, necklines and hems, as well as to highlight pockets and seams.

Garments made from meshed sports material included bomber-style jackets and skirts. The porous fabric was also formed into billowing sleeves.

The icy palette of white and powder blue was influenced by the landscape of Iceland.

“Crisp shades of blue are injected onto a cool of solitary white base and silhouettes are accented with chalky forms of silicon,” said the designer.

A darker blue was used to create a stiff moulded top and a two-piece outfit with hems that appeared to be frosted.

Panels of latex have been created in shapes traditionally found in denim pieces, such as the top of a pair of dungarees and chunky pockets fronts.

Li was presented the Merit Award at the Fashion Scout talent showcase, which took place during London Fashion Week earlier this month.

She graduated from London’s Royal College of Art last year and showed plump pastel silicone garments moulded from knitwear as part of her final collection.

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The fibrous metallic garments in Central Saint Martins graduate Graham Fan’s London Fashion Week collection are reminiscent of wire brushes used for cleaning the dishes.

MA Fashion graduate Graham Fan’s initial material experiments for his final collection were influenced by Thomas Heatherwick’s woven metal facade at Guy’s Hospital in London.

“As I began working on this collection, I created a piece of woven plastic textile inspired by the exterior of [Heatherwick’s] Boiler Suit,” he told Dezeen.

“I then looked into various traditional basketry and weaving sources, hoping to further craft some new textiles with different materials,” he added.

Metallic plastic cords were handwoven unevenly to create patterns for the jackets, tops and dresses, plus skirts with 1950s shapes. The threads loop back on themselves to form turtlenecks, cuffs and hems.

Fan incorporated mohair, leather strips and fish wire into some sections of the weave to add texture.

“Elastic fish wire was woven through the materials horizontally and vertically in order to create the uneven shimmering surface,” said Fan.

Fan showed the collection during the Central Saint Martins show at Somerset House last Friday, which took place as part of London Fashion Week.

Fellow graduate Ondrej Adamek’s range featured huge satin flowers that conceal the faces of models. Photographs are courtesy of Catwalking.com.

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Fashion designer Christopher Kane’s Autumn Winter 2014 collection shown at London Fashion Week features outlined layers of fabric that overlap like fluttering sheets of paper.

London-based designer Christopher Kane used multiple sections of translucent silk to create patterns on dresses in his latest collection.

Black fabric was outlined with white stitching and vice versa, while a peach-coloured cloth was also defined by black edges.

The outlines created ripples across the outfits when layers flapped as models walked down the runway.

This effect was applied to thigh-length dresses with various shoulder straps and necklines.

A grey top with triangular black pieces that rippled across the front was paired with a skirt with light grey layers that splayed from one hip.

In a rectangle-shaped design, a black sheet covered white pieces that resembled pages of a book.

The collection also included dresses with ribbon-like sleeves that folded back and forth down the arms.

Kane graduated from London’s Central Saint Martins in 2006 and his eponymous label is now owned by French company Kering.

He presented the collection yesterday as part of London Fashion Week, which wraps up today.

Also during the event, Pringle of Scotland debuted garments that incorporate laser-sintered nylon fabric.

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