One of the designers I was particularly intertested in was Peter Pilotto. Their Spring Summer collection this year was amazing and Elle Collections named them as someone to watch in the upcoming season.
Peter Pilotto comprises of Peter Pilotto, the brands namesake and Christopher De Vos. They won the Best emerging talent award at the British fashion Awards in 2009.
So I decided to check out their new collection and let me just say... I was NOT disappointed!
Puffa Jackets with optical illusion stripes, and metallic fabrics opened the show. Beautiful, realistic floral prints in a multitude of blue shapes mirrored their obsession with prints last season, except this time they really did steal the show. Some of the jewel patterns were so detailed it was difficult to see that was flat and what was 3-Dimensional. Peter Pilotto continies to blur these lines for the audience. Amazing technicolour stoles were worn to create a clash of colour texture and prints. Everything screamed hi-tech futurism, some pieces almost bordering on sportswear.
A lot of the pieces created a hint back at the bondage trend we saw quite a lot of and is starting to creep back at Mulberry this season. Thick black straps make simple outfits look complicated, contrasting with the rainbow prints and sequins.
And how could I forget the super-embellished dresses towards the end? With cut out mesh pieces and cute keyhole necklines, these dresses are a huge contrast the the beginning of the collection, and yet it moulds together seamlessly. Theres not one thing I dislike. I like the different panels that make up each outfit, the different fabrics used for each, the exaggerated cap sleeves, the disconnected raglan sleeve, the almost-but not quite-peplum and most of all the SHOES!! Gorgeous Pointy, heavily embellished stilettos were worn with each outfit, perfectly made to match and tipping this collection from good to great.
All images courtesy of vogue.com
I think that you should have added some pictures of the collection to this post. Would be amazing to see what you are writing about :-) xxx
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