David Koma blasted Hot Chip ‘do it do it do it now’ as the models strutted along the catwalk attired in the outcome of the Jetson family crossed with Barbarella. The tight body conscious dress hems (a trend still occurring on the majority of catwalks) were adorned with black tubular piping and Deep Space Nine style jewellery. This was fun fun party fashion.
The solar system number was a particular favourite of mine, as a careful balancing act was required in the wearing of the piece. The use of rainbow coloured jewels screamed –definitely a positive point- Fred Butler Fred Butler.
The second half of the collection was the interpretation of the designer’s inspiration, the painter and sculptor Niki de Saint Phalle.
These dramatic dresses covered in bold primary colour block certainly grabbed the attention. The variety of materials embellishing the garments added a sense of tactically, whilst retaining a definite Star Trek alien ‘babe’ theme.
Sci-fi was a strong running theme at London Fashion Week, with fembots seen at Blow Presents and Lousie Goldin S/S collections 2010.
The strapless pink nipple dress was an interpretation of Niki di Saint Phalle’s voluptuous abstract sculptures celebrating decadent femininity. A successful application of the artist’s bold lines and block colours presenting the viewer with an abstract version of the colour block trend reinterpreting the artist’s designs onto the shape of the 60’s (the cut of the dresses celebrating the cuts of Mary Quant and Biba).
The use of bright colours embellished hips and shoulders blocking and revealing parts of the body at the same time.
The entire collection continued Koma’s interest in the female silhouette with the tight-tight dresses exaggerating the (fairly non-existant) curves of the models. The show concluded with overt references to the designer’s A/W 09 collection with the exaggerated curving in the construction of the dresses.
All Photographs by Sabrina Morrison
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