Last Thursday the lovely Yolande Letshou invited me to a fashion event organised by La Geneve North. It was a showcase of four up-and-coming fashion designers: Kerry Knowles, Chantal Gibbs-Jones, Leeanne-Ripley Garret, and Rae-Emily Smith. I've included short descriptions of what I saw, but I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
Chantal Gibbs-Jones' collection 'All About the Cupcake' Was full of flirty pieces with unexpected Elizabethan flourishes like a ruff necks and solid pleating peeking out from 50s hemlines.
Leeanne-Ripley Garret had a fantastic collection of structural pieces inspired by the contrast of deep symbolic meaning and Disney-like fantasy (you should have heard the music!). It was outrageous and very striking.
I didn't know what to expect, when I heard that the next designer's collection was all lingerie, but these pieces by Rae-Emily Smith were divine. I loved the colours and I'd wear any of these.
Kerry Knowles' 'Permutation' showcased androgynous pieces that could be worn by men or women.
Then, my good friend Maria (pictured in the 1st photo) and I went backstage to speak with the creative forces behind the event, including makeup artist Anna Orkiszewska.
MANY thanks to Yolande Letshou for the invitation, and also to Maria Ling for the stunning photographs she took for the blog. Keep a look out for these four designers -- you never know where you'll see them next.
10 comments:
a lot of this work looks very alice in wonderland/candyland inspired. not saying that in a bad way at all, but it just reminds me of fantasy-based stories.
now THIS is the kind of thing I need to be doing. olwyn
I like to see people representing all spectrums!! Now what about the full-figured models?
Wow Lola, you're so beautiful!
Where are the designers from? Are they all English? I wish we could see more what you are wearing. Elodie.
Hi Lola, you looks sooo beautiful, and it seems like you'd had a great time there. I love that white and colourfully buttoned jacket, never seen that before and I would love to rock that!
And those black ruffled dresses are hot!
Hey Eve! Thank you for always reading my stuff :o) How are things with you!? It's so funny you said that about the white jacket, my friend Maria loved that as well. xo
Your hair looks so great like that! You think you could do a hair focused FOTD? I really like that look!
how stunning you look!
Thank you everyone :"> I do want to get more into doing hair-focused posts, so we'll see. :o) xox
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