Fashion / ShowLouise Gray A/W11With balloon headgear, tartan patchwork and hooded bombers, Gray added a cheeky angle to her London Fashion Week showShareLink copied ✔️February 20, 2011FashionShowText William Oliver Photography Morgan O'Donovan Louise Gray A/W11 The Scottish-born designer brought a bright, bold feel to her Autumn Winter collection. Marching down the catwalk in brilliant balloon headgear, Gray's models wore a mix of colourful patchwork and tartan, with over sized elements featuring heavily and her padded, hooded bombers making an impact. Her colours wore strong and punchy including primary yellows, blues and reds cut together to bring a super fun element to winter. A nod to an almost cheeky and childish theme was run through with a strong and powerful femininity, a trademark of Gray's previous collections. Dazed Digital: Where did the inspiration for this collection come from?Louise Gray: I began with really simple sports type tracksuits and just tried to work that through as much as possible. I wanted to try and make as many pieces with that as the basis as possible. Dazed Digital: How did you play around with it for the collection?Louise Gray: I started by actually going to a lot of Scottish elements that I had used when I was back at art school, and bringing them into the pieces again. Dazed Digital: Where did the big bold hooded tops come from?Louise Gray: They were kind of inspired by parkas, but I wanted it to be fluffy and nylon and a bit unrealistic in some way. I padded them right out as well, to give them a sort of sofa-like quality. Dazed Digital: You also played around with pattern and size quite a lot...Louise Gray: Yeah I blew a couple of the pieces right up to make them really 3D and almost overbearing. The tartans came through form the Scottish side again, but they were in really thick strong colours. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingThe rise of the intellectual tattooFrom spiritual flowcharts to psychological models, diagrams are increasingly becoming a tattoo choice – but what exactly do they signify?BeautyLife & CultureWhy so many young people are training to be death doulas Nike FashionNike celebrates the culture of soccer ahead of a summer shaped by the gameBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaFilm & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex workBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismBeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to followFashionYseult on becoming the first plus-size model to walk a Balenciaga runwayBeautyDirty Girls: The cult 90s documentary that made being dirty feel radicalEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy