\n\tUpon entering the Chopova Lowena presentation in London, you were greeted with a pungent, patchouli-based scent, a couple of vintage umbrella stands crowded with rubber-headed putters, and an angular mound of Astro Turf, around which the fall collection was displayed on Stockmans.<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe collection is about British Regency era dress, and golf,\u201d said Laura Lowena, who cofounded the label with her Central Saint Martins classmate Emma Chopova in 2017. \u201cWe always focus on sport and folklore.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tDo either of them hit the links?<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cI crazy golf,\u201d chimed Chopova, employing the British term for mini golf, which doesn\u2019t come up often as inspiration for a fashion collection in Milan or Paris.<\/p>\n
\n\tYou could feel the Regency period more in the Empire waists, puff sleeves and intricate embellishments. The brand\u2019s signature pleated carabiner skirt was extended into tiered, floor-length versions in a mashup of fabrics.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe duo researched that period of fashion history via books, and a lot of internet scouring. \u201cThe V&A collection online, the British Museum collection online and the Met collection online are like the best,\u201d Lowena enthused.<\/p>\n
\n\tThey also raided their own leftover fabric stocks and upholstery materials, whorling them into sculptural corsets and zippered panniers that mingled with tartans and argyle patterns.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe collection was noisy, zany and loaded with quirks \u2013 and now slogans, too, thanks to a new intimates range dubbed Chopoval Lowena Feelings. One sweatshirt declared: \u201cSmiles, giggles, tears and frowns, I\u2019ve got a case of the ups and downs.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Upon entering the Chopova Lowena presentation in London, you were greeted with a pungent, patchouli-based scent, a couple…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153292,146,12113,85,46,22405],"class_list":["post-304536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-chopova-lowena","tag-entertainment","tag-fall","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-london-fashion-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}