Romeo Pires

Romeo Pires was one of my favourite shows of the week, both for the strong sense of style and the attention to detail in the cut, and drape of the clothes and the detailed prints used through out. There was a gothic and almost sinister look in the collection created by the loosely powdered white faces of the models complete with frizzy wild hair styles. This dark sense of style was executed in a stylish and edgy way with a monochrome colour palette setting the tone for the entire collection with splashes of bold colour and print work used through out.

One of my favourite prints resembled a scan of a baby in the womb, this image is then repeated in a circular pattern in a greeny/gold tone set against the deep blue colour of the flowing draped dresses and shirts.

One of the talking points of the show was the long and lean proportions of the shirts, trousers and skirts, the waist line of the trousers and skirts falling at the lower crotch and beyond, which in theory can sound rather tasteless but the cut and drape of the clothes allowed this feeling to never be present, this is reinforced in the styling of the collection, by pairing these daring bottoms with long over-sized shirts for both men and women.

All together I think this was a really inventive and well executed collection, and I predict great things from Romeo Pires. I'm already excited to see what he has in store for next season...