Marques Almeida is a London-based women's wear label created by Marta Marques and Paulo Almeida. Their first collection showcased at London Fashion Week for the autumn/winter 2011 seasons, and featured frayed denim in different shades of blue.
Model Alice Neale is fashionably cool and chic in a casual-free atmosphere, wearing a frayed denim vest and jacket, a sleeveless torn dress and draped frayed denim leg warmers. The silhouette and texture of the collection is distressed, with dresses with frayed edges and other layering pieces. The Marques Almeida A/W 2011 collection is both comfortably chic and edgy.
The Marques Almeida A/W collection is available for purchase online.
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The Marques Almeida A/W 2011 Collection is Comfortably Chic and Edgy
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