I sometimes find it difficult to reconcile the two things that arguably take up the most of my time. Of course, fitness and fashion have developed a strong connection thanks to the rise of sportswear as a wardrobe staple and an endless stream of designer/sportswear label collaborations but I do tend to end up struggling to find a balance between the two, and inevitably feel pulled one way more than the other, and then back again. This seems to have settled of late, however, and just as I seemed to have reached an equilibrium of sorts, two collections were released which managed to pin point exactly how I envisage the perfect meeting point between fashion and sportswear. First up was Fyodor Golan’s debut Resort collection…
Frills and flowers meet football field styling in the label’s first ever pre collection. Whilst pre collections are usually a commercial endeavour in order to get more stock into shops to bridge the gap between seasons, Fyodor Golan’s offering is still very much driven by creativity. The injection of a sportswear influence works well again their dense layers and rich prints; offsetting the ultra feminine vibe of the gowns and full skirts. Race cars feature heavily amongst the prints, both as a repeating pattern, and manipulated and melted into psychedelic swirls. The fluidity of these lines is mirrored in the scribbled floral designs and the shape of the asymmetric cuts which sweep around the body.



