When you think how much fashion passes down the runway by the end of fashion week, it is staggering, and also sometimes a bit of a blur. Hence it is always nice to look back at your photos and re-live the event and study the clothes further. Wednesday night was the 2nd designer series runway with a great collection of designers on show. Lots of digital prints, animal prints, metallics, white was a dominant colour with splashes of blue, orange and green thrown in the mix.
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Last Sunday night saw LMFF close a week long fashion extravaganza at Melbourne's Docklands with the Independent Runway, showcasing Australia's emerging and established designers. It's always a buzz to arrive to an empty runway awaiting what will be delivered down its long white path, camera finger eagerly poised and ready. I was not disappointed with the women's wear on offer and started creating mental outfits in my head with each snap on my camera.
This show was another highlight for me at MSFW. It followed after the RMIT student runway show and I thought, now how can you top that? Well, it obviously wasn't as conceptual as the student show, but these designers after all have to think about selling to the consumer. But there were some definite show stoppers such as Neo Dia who owned the runway in a flowing black number with gold geometric chest wear- or as I like to look at it as a sun baking reflector! Orri Henrisson thankfully offered the gents in the audience something to feel excited about with great use of colour and different materials to contrast what could normally be rather plain menswear. Thursday Sunday made me feel like I had stepped into a retro Technicolour 50's film which made me incredibly happy to see that silhouette come back adorned with large brimmed hats and wedges, while Catherine Leon gave us fun prints, colour and some shimmer in metallic jackets. I think Spring has most definitely sprung people and I look forward to seeing the next instalments from these designers.
LIVIA ARENA
ORRI HENRISSON
CATHERINE LEON
THURSDAY SUNDAY
NEO DIA
Finale
