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, 2011FashionShowTextWilliam OliverPhotographyMorgan O'DonovanLouise 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.READ MOREKiko Kostadinov is tearing it down to start againBackstage photos from Dries Van Noten’s AW26 men’s showJim BeamJim Beam and Dazed want to help you get game day-readyJunya Watanabe’s man was The Best Dressed at PFWMasked killers stalked the runway at Comme des Garçons AW26Yohji Yamamoto AW26 wasn’t pulling any punchesPortraits from inside Willy Chavarria’s blockbuster Paris show Pumafakemink, Skepta and Pa Salieu celebrate PUMA’s iconic Suede at PFWFashion’s biggest brands are taking over the Winter OlympicsIn pictures: Dune meets The Matrix at Rick Owens’ latest menswear showMk.gee was the unlikely inspiration for Jonathan Anderson’s Dior showDior AW26 men’s: The highlights from Jonathan Anderson’s sophomore showEscape 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