High Fashion inspired by Antique Chinese Porcelain!

At London Fashion Week which officially opens today (Friday 16th September) Up-and-coming Greek designer Mary Katrantzou will showcase her fabulous new Spring/Summer 2012 collection.

Katrantzou states Sotheby's as one of her favourite cultural hotspots in London which comes as no surprise to us at UKauctioneers HQ having seen the pictures from her Autumn/Winter 2011 collection on the catwalks of February's London Fashion Week.

One dress which really stood out as we were leafing through the gallery of pieces was a high-necked oriental inspired shift dress, the skirt panel exactly replicating the pattern on the 18th Century Qianlong porcelain vase sold by Bainbridges auctioneers for a record-breaking £43 million back in November 2010.

Will we be seeing more antique inspired pieces from in her S/S 2011 collection? Tune in to Topshop live (http://live.topshop.com) to watch her catwalk show which takes place September 20th at 9am.

The record breaking £43mil Qianlong vase

The Mary Katrantzou dress inspired by Chinese Porcelain