Australian Fashion Week 2010: The verdict
May 11th 2010 06:32
Having written several posts on this year's Rosemount Australian Fashion Week, I must admit that I'm feeling a bit of fashion fatigue! No doubt I'm not the only one, so I'll make this verdict short and sweet. While the designs shown this year were as diverse as the designers themselves, there are a few key trends that are expected to be big news by the time spring rolls around, and for the fashion-loving folk among us they will no doubt be taken on long before the winter woollies come off.
Digital prints.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: you really cannot go past a digital print dress to liven up your summer wardrobe this year! Lisa Ho, Zimmermann, and Dion Lee were among just a few designers to utilise this most futuristic of patterns. Consider the digital print to be the sharp shoulders of 2010; this trend really is that big.
The one-shoulder dress.
This is one of those trends that first popped up last year (Aurelio Costarella's 2009 collection was packed with them) but is looking stronger than ever in 2010. Along with metallics and leggings (will they ever die?), the one-shoulder look is really standing up to the test of time, and was spotted on the catwalks of Rachel Gilbert, Lisa Ho and more.
Draping.
Whether close-fitting or elegantly swathed, draping was a huge feature of this year's Australian Fashion Week, and so it should be! If there was ever a style of dress that could hide just about any body flaw, then draping would be it. Gary Bigeni, Bianca Spender, Ruby Smallbone and several others added a touch of draping to their 2010 collections, with great success.
Sheer fabrics.
Pretty, gauzy fabrics were a key look in many collections, including those of Alex Perry and Kate Sylvester. These are the fabrics that come in handy if you're one of the girls embracing the underwear as outerwear trend (it's not for me, but each to their own!) but if not, layering is the way to go, or else keep the sheer fabrics to your legs and decolletage only.
Earthen influences, neo-tribal looks, splashes of vibrant colour and 1940s silhouettes also made an appearance, as did trucker hats (Ksubi only!) and fifties-style swimwear.... but more than anything, 2010 was about the digital print in all its diverse forms.
And so concludes the 15th annual Australian Fashion Week - expect to see these designs, and many similar ones, appearing in stores before the end of the Aussie winter. If you're in Sydney (and not suffering the same fashion fatigue as I am!) then don't forget about the Frock Stars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, which will be running until the 29th of August. For more information you can check out the website here. I hope you enjoyed this RAFW 2010 coverage, and it will all be happening again in just under a year's time.
Digital prints reigned supreme at the 2010 RAFW. From left to right: Ginger & Smart, Lisa Ho and Seventh Wonderland
Digital prints.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: you really cannot go past a digital print dress to liven up your summer wardrobe this year! Lisa Ho, Zimmermann, and Dion Lee were among just a few designers to utilise this most futuristic of patterns. Consider the digital print to be the sharp shoulders of 2010; this trend really is that big.
Designer Jade Sarita Arnott surrounded by leggy models wearing the digital print designs for her label Arnsdorf
Three of Lisa Ho's digital print skirts and dresses
The digital prints of Ae'lkemi... who hit two trends with one stone by embracing the one-shouldered look as well.
The one-shoulder dress.
This is one of those trends that first popped up last year (Aurelio Costarella's 2009 collection was packed with them) but is looking stronger than ever in 2010. Along with metallics and leggings (will they ever die?), the one-shoulder look is really standing up to the test of time, and was spotted on the catwalks of Rachel Gilbert, Lisa Ho and more.
A shiny, silver, single-shouldered dress from Rachel Gilbert
Draping.
Whether close-fitting or elegantly swathed, draping was a huge feature of this year's Australian Fashion Week, and so it should be! If there was ever a style of dress that could hide just about any body flaw, then draping would be it. Gary Bigeni, Bianca Spender, Ruby Smallbone and several others added a touch of draping to their 2010 collections, with great success.
Draped dresses featured in Dion Lee's collection
The elaborately draped dresses of Bianca Spender and Gary Bigeni
Sheer fabrics.
Pretty, gauzy fabrics were a key look in many collections, including those of Alex Perry and Kate Sylvester. These are the fabrics that come in handy if you're one of the girls embracing the underwear as outerwear trend (it's not for me, but each to their own!) but if not, layering is the way to go, or else keep the sheer fabrics to your legs and decolletage only.
Kate Sylvester kept her sheer fabrics modest with layering, and careful placement
Bec & Bridge went bold, with sheer fabrics that left very little to the imagination
Alex Perry kept the glamour alive by using sheer fabrics as an accent to greater coverage...
... and in the full skirts of his beautiful, goddess-like gowns.
Earthen influences, neo-tribal looks, splashes of vibrant colour and 1940s silhouettes also made an appearance, as did trucker hats (Ksubi only!) and fifties-style swimwear.... but more than anything, 2010 was about the digital print in all its diverse forms.
And so concludes the 15th annual Australian Fashion Week - expect to see these designs, and many similar ones, appearing in stores before the end of the Aussie winter. If you're in Sydney (and not suffering the same fashion fatigue as I am!) then don't forget about the Frock Stars exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum, which will be running until the 29th of August. For more information you can check out the website here. I hope you enjoyed this RAFW 2010 coverage, and it will all be happening again in just under a year's time.
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