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Designer Series 2 Runway – Highlights
Flamboyant spring race-wear and decadent evening attire are not the kind of pieces you’ll see me stomping around in. But even I can find appreciation for that which I would not wear. Here’s a look at my favourite designers from the runway.
Aurelio Costarella
Known for his extravagant formal concoctions that are usually more cream than cake, I was pleasantly surprised by Costarella’s use of darker colours and tough materials. Although presenting some pieces in this season’s trademark nude tones, it was the structured black leather pieces that caught my eye and made me take a second glance.
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Gwendolynne
This label really has the heavenly bridal look wrapped up. Although some pieces were heavily embellished; the dresses remained uncomplicated and quite airy, which seems to be a rarity in garment design these days.
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Akira
Another designer known for his ethereal bridal gowns, the swathing layers of delicate tulle and painstainking embellishment provoke an overwhelming sense of innocent beauty; a sea of child-like empresses floating down the runway. However it was a beautiful modern-oriental charcoal silk kimono that snapped me back into reality with a burning desire for something I’d actually wear. Do want, Mr. Isogawa. Do. Want.
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Thurley
I have a confession to make – I’ve become a little partial to sequins. An aversion I’ve maintained since childhood (probably one too many heavily sequined dance costumes), sequins had become cognitively intertwined with Blanche Deveraux style man-eating cougars with big fluffy 80′s hair and old-lady perfume. But somewhere along the line (OK I can probably pin-point it to the LMFF Business Seminar when Sarah Curran wore – for at least part of the day – a jaw-droppingly gorgeous sequined blazer to speak about her online fashion business) I found myself desiring a little more daily bling outside of jewellery. Dear Thurley, let’s be honest. I am not your target customer. I do not have ultra-white teeth and a perma-tan. I do not drink champagne at The Ivy and I am not a bubbly glamor-girl. But I do like your sparkle. Love, Miss Ghost.
image source: fashionising.com
Drown For Subfusco
Footage courtesy of Hair TV Australia.
Official runway images are coming soon.
Luminous
Finally after months of careful planning and design; the Drown for Subfusco limited edition jewellery collaboration was revealed on Tuesday night at Subfusco‘s Mercedes Benz Fashion Festival runway.
As a jewellery designer with interests deeply fixated in the fashion industry, the collaboration for Subfusco‘s Spring/Summer 2011 collection – Luminous, was an exciting opportunity to create pieces that worked in harmony with a clothing collection, rather than merely complementing them.
For Luminous I worked directly from the collection, designing shapes that tied back to specific pieces. Working with Subfusco was a no-holds-barred experience where I was able to design freely, enabling the creation of new shapes and styles I’d not attempted previously. Fortunately as designers, Subfusco designer Josh Scacheri and I have very compatible design aesthetics which made the collaboration effortless; it was a very autonomous process.
Earlier in the day Patty “Frockwriter” Huntington caught up with Scacheri at his Fortitude Valley boutique along with Australia’s Next Top Model mentor Josh Flinn and model contestants Kathryn Lyons and Amanda Ware.
While I await official images from the runway with baited-breath, Huntington has kindly let me repost these shots from her visit to the Subfusco boutique and you can enjoy these sneak-preview images of the Drown for Subfusco limited edition jewellery collaboration as kindly modelled by Lyons and Ware.
