Bite Autumn 2012

John Rocha delivered one of the most beautiful shows of Fashion Week. The collection itself was bold and ostentatious, as rich colour pallets were delivered and beautifully framed sculptural dresses came oozing down the runway. Lots of sheer fabrics were used and the models wore oversized hats too. Then as the collection developed, we saw the Rocha that we all know so well as engulfing dark tones mixed together with strong shapely dresses, lace and leather juxtaposing against one another so perfectly, and then when you were least expecting it, Rocha takes us back to those summery tones finishing the collection with a sumptuous pink dress. It’s a diverse summer at Rocha this season, full of shape, colour and grandeur.

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Unconditional this season was strong. Harsh black and jailer stripes walked down the catwalk mixed with some luxe leather and a whole lot of attitude. A mixture of menswear and womenswear,this show showed you just how hot androgyny still is and that you should definitely not be shy of wearing black for spring/summer 2013. The collection overall had a nautical theme with models wearing jumpers inscribed with ‘Hello Sailor’ mixing up the playful and tough elements of this collection. Chiffon was in use as well as laced up stilettos, a somewhat re-occurring trend from this season so far. Dresses were loose fitting and as the show progressed, injections of canary yellow and bright pink were brought in to remind us that yes, this is a summer collection. Overall a strong and diverse collection from the London based designer.

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John Rocha

If you want graphic shapes and sharp lines this season, then look no further than Jean Pierre Braganza. This season Braganza brought us a highly tailored, eloquently adorned and predominately monochrome collection, which saw the partnership of Braganza and Ukrainian artist Zinaida Lihacheva, who influenced the printing of his spring/summer collection. Here we saw complete structure as origami pleats, strong shouldering and high tailoring took centre stage. At Braganza, everything was about shape, from the way the lines on the clothes hung to the body, to the semi-dropped waists on trousers and dresses.It was modern, sexy and utterly understated.

Catwalk

Jean Pierre Braganza

Unconditional