JW Anderson SS14: a sublime succession of ideas

It wasn't just the scrum of A-list celebrities such as Alexa Chung and Lady Amanda Harlech crowding the front row. It wasn't just the constant hype that has surrounded the designer in his past few seasons. What confirmed JW Anderson's shooting star status on the London Fashion scene was a set of new ideas that invigorated a whole audience with every turn. There were whisps of transparent organza that sat, Rothko-like, atop the breasts as an elegant top. There were folds of angular leather as the perfect summer jacket. De-embossed brown leather singlets and angelic white plissé silk dresses, chopped-up sweaters and dirty-sparkly skirts: a succession of ideas so erratic that we struggled to keep up, and yet, at the same time we didn't need to. Because we were convinced of it every single step of the way.