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Showcasing Mark Fast “Winter Ocean Dive” AW21 Fantasy Collection

During this season, we see the renowned designer Mark Fast dives into the far depths of the sea with his stunning AW21 collection showcasing yesterday’s Day 1 of London Fashion Week. Presenting an impressive performance, he highlights the significant beauty of the aquatic underwater world combined with an enchanting fantasy approach to his collection.



Introducing us to the captivating wonders and mysteries of the deep blue sea, Mark Fast portrays an imaginary journey expressing the hidden beauty in the darkest of spaces unknown. In a world of challenges within these difficult times, the renowned designer takes us on a magical tour into the far depths beneath the ocean.


Showcasing his Winter Ocean Dive AW21 collection, Mark Fast captures the beauty in dark shades of blue in his silhouettes. Focus on his reflections of new light to his aquatic demi-couture pieces. He seizes his moment to incorporate different durable and stable materials and fabrics representing unique shapes, colours and interesting textures of the deep blue sea.




With his signature looks displaying wearable demi-couture pieces, unique design and knitwear techniques. He presents his fantasy collection with interesting outerwear and waterproof shapes, combined with attractive silhouettes, beautifully made mermaid-esque shapes, fringes, shimmery embellishments and sequins used to incorporate a streetwear vibe with a mix of futuristic elements among his impressive creations with clean, sleek, striking tailored shapes and added metallic detail references to enhance the look in his garments.


Mark Fast channels the unique beauty of the ocean. He expresses his arrangement with layered fringes that reflects the flow of movement throughout the modern world and ocean life. His combination of stunning demi-couture signature with ready-to-wear shapes is apparent. It provides the opportunity for a sense of realistic dressing throughout both of his collections. Demonstrating a wide-leg jumpsuit matched with a semi-tailored cotton trench coat and a must-have winter warm scarf highlighting the excitement of Mark Fast knit intarsia signature identity.


The innovation of colours and a mixture of different fabrics play a pivotal role in this collection. The fantasy spotlight is the colours from the ocean seas accents in the perfect combination of shades among his mixtures of fabrics and yarns, making it a continued journey adventure that makes his knitwear and the rest of his treasured creations a success in the making. Combined with cropped oversize puffer coats showing the aesthetic beauty of colour mixes in chunky jersey, shearling boucle and oversized soft recycled unisex cardigans.


For his menswear collection, the statement boots stood out in the selection. Combined rubber soles, nylon with leather and with his use of knitted component detailing that followed into the womenswear collection showing thigh-high boots with moray eel print on a nylon leather fabric in an array of colours along with detail panel inserts in black mermaid blue and a seaweed shade of green that blends well among this wintery season. This is a collection not to be missed.




The release of Mark Fast striking A/W21 collection has encouraged the designer to connect to his creative imagination and explore the combined relationship between streetwear and couture techniques applied. It has excited his audience as well as impressing critics and followers of social media globally. Despite our current challenges and lifestyle changes, it has not stopped him from producing a show-stopping performance at LFW once yet again.


Check out the below highlights from Mark Fast A/W21 Collection.








Words by Charlene Foreman




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