Art and fashion are two worlds that, more often than not, collide and that’s just what happened today at Roopa Pemmaraju, but instead of a collision, the show saw a harmonious fusion of the two. For spring/summer 2012, various indigenous Australian artists created designs which were then used as the main prints of the collection. A total of 40 looks were shown, with a total of 12 artists providing the print designs. This was a collection that perfectly showcased the skill of Australian artists and managed to fuse their amazing work with attractive, wearable clothing.
MBFWA: Details at Oroton
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MBFWA: Bowie
When Hong Kong-born Bowie Wong unveiled the latest collection for his eponymous label, Bowie, it was to be expected that everyone would go bananas over it. Bowie isn’t necessarily a daring designer, his pieces are often fairly wearable — albeit not for the everyday. What sets Bowie apart from many other designers is his ability to create a cohesive collection through the use of a narrative. Bowie’s background is in costume design and it’s reflected through each of his collections.
For spring/summer 2012, Bowie modeled his collection around the ‘Aura’ (Aura is the name of the collection) woman, a lady of the lake who comes out of the water, her naked body being covered by nature. As she walks out of the water, snow begins to fall onto her body. This was the starting point for the collection. Only four colours are featured throughout the collection: white, silver, gold and black. White representing the aura, gold being sunlight and black being the ‘background colour’.
The collection took a total of 2000 hours to be created, roughly 10 months of work, and the workmanship of each piece is astounding; haute couture at its finest. It’s designers like Bowie who help to push fashion forward, without compromising quality or creativity. In other words, Bowie Wong is one of the greatest people alive, and I can say that after having met him; the energy and creativity he has, and his total calmness is inspiring, as are his designs.
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MBFWA: Aurelio Costarella
When I tweeted Aurelio Costarella with, “Y U NO INVITE ME, AURELIO?!” I wasn’t expecting a reply, let alone an invitation to his spring/summer 2012 show. Walking into ‘The Tent’ (could the naming of these venues get any more obvious?) I made my way to my seat, which now I regret (I was seated next to a woman who was very clearly drunk, but not drunk enough to pass out and stop annoying me). Thankfully, despite the loud ranting about the woman beside me and her six-inch Louboutins which “will get stuck on anything, hah-nay,” I still managed to enjoy the show, especially after seeing the first look.
Wearing a headpiece which gave the illusion that her dress was consuming her alive, Kate Peck walked out onto the runway, and not so coincidentally my mouth dropped open at that same time, and I had to stop myself from screaming out “OH MY GOD IT’S SO PRETTY!” The attention to detail was astounding, but then again this is Aurelio Costarella we’re talking about.
Feminine shapes and florals were featured throughout. Many of the pieces appeared to be engulfing the models in a sea of flowers, which made the overly floral collection slightly creepy (through my eyes only, of course.) The pretty florals continued, but not as prints (there were no prints at all), but through the use of various embellishments and additions to the material. Think sequin clusters resembling flowers, silk spun into roses and floral lace.
Aurelio Costarella has put forward a collection that takes our long love affair with florals, strips it down a little (and in turn makes it a little sexier), freshens it up a little and returns it to us (you can tell I’m trying to avoiding using the word ‘makeover’.) All in all, a great collection — well-made, and beautiful at that.
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MBFWA: Day 1
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