Some observations from the fashion week that was… Going strong: The colour lilac, cat’s eye sunglasses, specialist digital prints, all manner of transparency and sheerness, daytime leather, unstructured drape (and the lovely sunshine harbour-side). Going, going, gone: Harem pants and playsuits, especially drop-crotched varieties. Thank the fashion gods. Best gift: …
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Roopa Pemmaraju resort wear at RAFW
Roopa Pemmaraju presents her latest resort wear and swim wear collection titled “Beach Goddesses” at RAFW 2010. The Indian-born, currently Melbourne-based designer has built her label upon floaty kaftans, bright colours (this collection features sunny yellow, a splash of red and sky blue predominantly) and the creation of uniquely mesmerising prints. …
Dhini ‘Mughal Empress’ SS10/11 at RAFW
Dhini re-visits the 1500’s Indian Mughal Empire for her upcoming Spring Summer 2010/11 collection yet somehow translates this into an ultra-modern look. Having created an intricate digital print inspired by the distinctive architecture of the time (think Taj Mahal), Dhini then applied pleating and draping techniques to luxurious silk georgette …
Lui Hon Spring Summer 2010/11 at RAFW
Lui Hon‘s Spring Summer 2010/11 collection titled “So The Wind Won’t Blow It All Away” is evocative of fragility. Some pieces were literally hanging by a thread. His complex layers were rendered in sheer, asymmetrical and ombre dyed fabrics. Nudes, dreamy blue greys and crisp white were set off by …
Arnsdorf Spring Summer 2010/11 at RAFW
There’s much to be said for picking a few sublime colours and letting simplicity and cut speak for themselves. Arnsdorf‘s Jade Sarita Arnott presented a collection of block coloured frocks in moss green, dusty orange, golden tan and lilac with the addition of an abstract digital print broke up the …
Kirrily Johnston ‘Apocolypto’ at RAFW 2010
Kirrily Johnston likes to play with the idea of people in tribes. While some labels often tend to reference more literal ideas of a certain culture (eg “Parisian chic” or “Grecian”), Johnston’s tribes are usually an imagined vision of what could be. As the title suggests, this time around her …