London Fashion Week is renowned for its showcasing of up and coming talent and you don’t get much brighter than these two rising stars. Osman Yousefzada and Jonathan Saunders showed their collections for autumn/winter 2011 this weekend at London Fashion Week.

For Osman, a favourite with first ladies (Sam Cam has worn his designs) his show marked a breakaway from a preference for neutral colours to a much brighter and more exciting palette. Spring is all about colour-blocking and going by this collection autumnw/winter may well be too. Osman showed a collection of simple gowns and clean lined tunic sets all in clashing hues of striking brights. Where the dazzling shades may scare of Osman’s dedicated fans, the elegant evening dresses may well attract a new ones.

Jonathan Saunders has been for some years now a highlight in the London Fashion Week schedule. His famed expertise in print took a turn for the chic in his autumn/winter collection. First thing that grabbed my attention were the silhouettes; forties inspired cinched waists with mid length hems. Then came the colours; emerald greens and ocean blues combined with rusty maroons, not a normal combination but a compelling one it seems. Finally the last stroke of genius; intricate floral prints spun along sleeves, hems and around waistlines.