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Giao was the critic’s choice; Plush had a bohemian feel to this season’s clothes; Ricochet is fresh and clean; think corsetry and graciousness at Madcat

 

   Giao continued the James Bond theme for her spring–summer 2002–3 collection. Camel plays a big part in the range for this season. Inspiration from James Bond lends itself to camel ad safari days, with nights definitely lending themselves to daring, shock colour. Silhouettes for hommes are slim, with main colours being red and black. The critic’s choice, undeniably—a sentiment that was shared by The Dominion Post's Carolyn Enting.
   When we spoke with the designer earlier in the month, she said how she had watched every James Bond film to get the inspiration. This is the cinematic, not literary, Bond; walking to the notes of Tina Turner belting out ‘Goldeneye’ as composed by Bono were Giao's first womenswear models, dinner suited guys and, as is traditional, blokes in swimming trunks, who desperately did push-ups backstage to get themselves looking sizeably right as they went on the catwalk.
   At Plush, skirts are past knee length for this coming season. As with Giao the colour du jour is camel with accents and shirts in white, sand and subtle splashes of black. Plush had a bohemian feel to this season’s clothes. Think vinyl and frills and you have one long hot summer. The value for money will be another talking point with Carolyn Barker's label.
   Ricochet's Tatjana Windhager masked her models and opinion was divided on this technique: it might have made you look at the clothes but did it help the usual eye-flow of going to the face and then downward? Nevertheless, we saw a tighter silhouette than last season, and another hark back to the 1970s. This collection is fresh and clean; the colour palette consists of baby blues and black, creams, sand with accents of white—a stunning eclectic mix.
   At Madcat, showing at WFF for the first time, think corsetry and graciousness—with a thoroughly modern twist! This collection had stunning standalone peices, some of the tops had the best detailing and “look” that is “this season”. The accent is on subtlety and the impact is timeless. Colour plays included whites, reds, sands and blue.
   Founded by husband-and-wife team John Hodge and Jill Alexander, the label came into being in February 2001 and is sold through Andrea Moore.

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