Today I must start by simply talking about the setting and organisation of this show and the show as a show. I thought the previous day's show (Caroline Hili) would be impossible to match up to as a location but Fort St Elmo is pretty incredible, the lighting was perfect and the projections projected onto the fort were really impressive. The organisers and producers of this year's fashion week have a really lot to be proud of and it's going to be pretty hard to beat this next year.
Now about the clothes, we've always known that Charles and Ron can design and produce beautiful clothes, year after year, they always wow us. However, every year their collections and image seem to get more and more sophisticated and their work and brand as a whole seems to become more refined. Today's show and collection screamed 'fashion house', from the way the logo was worked onto the different pieces, to the fact that they designed everything - from the shoes to the bags to the clothes, to the fact that they continue to create unique, different patterns and customize specific fabrics using these patterns - the brand as it has become, has really matured into a company and fashion house.
The clothes are beautiful but again, we always knew they would be, many of the pieces are highly wearable but they all have a touch of sophistication about them. Some of the pieces do require perfect figures, such as the tight midi skirts with cropped, box-shaped tops but there were many other different designs that could suit a variety of shapes and sizes. In fact, this is what really showcased their skill at designing, this was not a collection made up entirely of one style, a variety of different styles and designs were worked in a way such that all occasions and bodies are catered for but it was still a collection and each piece flowed seamlessly into the next one.
The collection was inspired by the city of Valletta and one of the pattern highlights is the Funtana, the Triton fountain found just outside our city wall...I'm going to have to get myself one of the Funtana dresses. The new small bags also stole my heart, so cute and funky and just plain interesting.
I must not fail to mention the makeup by Justin Brincat, I thought it was rather brilliant, especially since although it was a rather extreme look, he and his team somehow managed to make every girl still appear pretty without the make up looking in any way different from one model to the other. I also loved the hairstyles by Alexander. The look as a whole really exemplified the different characteristics of the city, the modern new additions, the old, the quiet, the bustling...the look was a contradictory look with dark black cat eyes and metallic silver toned, different coloured lips, pastel coloured clothing but with fierce prints - the contradictions and contrasts were everywhere.
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