Melbourne Spring Fashion Week 2010: RMIT Show
Horrah for students- they sure as hell know how to round off Melbourne Spring Fashion Week and reaffirm our optimism in fashion's future generation. Full of creative energy and directional inspiration, we sat with a subtle grin, quietly proud of Melbourne's graduating talent.
Georgia Head kicked things off in that perfectly 'student' way with a conceptual short animation and collection that saw neoprene cylinder shapes blur the relationship between art and fashion with an unconventional ornamentation.
Quilted caged skirts and voluminous shaping over sheer mesh transparencies took Kate Bolzonello's girls to a past reference of Victorian Dolls. Proportionally challenging these two collections stood out from the generally more fluid and body-conscious designs of the other graduates.
Jo Tremplin was one such student who's all blonde models walked out like Grecian Goddesses- the sheer and opaque fabrics appearing to elegantly melt off their perfect bodies.
Elsewhere, underwear shaping proved to be another popular theme with Laura Anderson's printed bodices and Rebecca Martin's robotic/ armour encasings symbolising a tough and modern interpretation to the word 'sexy'.
Safa Taghizadeit represented the boys with the only full menswear collection of modern slim-fit tailoring. Marble effect prints in cream and black, a daring jumpsuit and sleeveless blazers contributing well to the purist undertone of Scandinavian sharpness.
Rounding off the evening, Kate Sala refreshed our eyes with an 80's inspired collection and effective lesson in primary colour blocking. Stacked converse and matching coloured sunglasses looked modern fun and truly upbeat against her abstracted pattern cutting and quirky tailoring - the perfect note really to end an evening of great fashion design.
Words: Tilly Pearman
Photos: Cheryl Lin
Georgia Head kicked things off in that perfectly 'student' way with a conceptual short animation and collection that saw neoprene cylinder shapes blur the relationship between art and fashion with an unconventional ornamentation.
Quilted caged skirts and voluminous shaping over sheer mesh transparencies took Kate Bolzonello's girls to a past reference of Victorian Dolls. Proportionally challenging these two collections stood out from the generally more fluid and body-conscious designs of the other graduates.
Jo Tremplin was one such student who's all blonde models walked out like Grecian Goddesses- the sheer and opaque fabrics appearing to elegantly melt off their perfect bodies.
Elsewhere, underwear shaping proved to be another popular theme with Laura Anderson's printed bodices and Rebecca Martin's robotic/ armour encasings symbolising a tough and modern interpretation to the word 'sexy'.
Safa Taghizadeit represented the boys with the only full menswear collection of modern slim-fit tailoring. Marble effect prints in cream and black, a daring jumpsuit and sleeveless blazers contributing well to the purist undertone of Scandinavian sharpness.
Rounding off the evening, Kate Sala refreshed our eyes with an 80's inspired collection and effective lesson in primary colour blocking. Stacked converse and matching coloured sunglasses looked modern fun and truly upbeat against her abstracted pattern cutting and quirky tailoring - the perfect note really to end an evening of great fashion design.
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Words: Tilly Pearman
Photos: Cheryl Lin
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