Uncanned Fashion Show

With a glass of bubbly in my one hand, a mini platter of hors d'oeuvres in the other I found it hard to capture the hype surrounding the event on my point and shoot camera. With all the anticipation in the air and the music softly pulsating in my ear, we were asked to take our seats as the show was about to begin. With three categories in store for the evening I was sure to be at the edge of my stool with my jaw resting on the catwalk in awe of the beautiful creation to come.

First up was the Green Feast, were first year students were instructed to be innovative with recycled materials and whip up a corset for the event. Boy oh boy did these designers make some statement pieces from nothing but trash.

 

 

 

 

The second show of the evening was the Calico Canvas Collections, the designers had to convey their design personality by only using unbleached cotton as their blank canvas and transform it into masterpieces whether they dye, print or bedazzled the fabric was their choice. Once or twice I was lost for words by the exquisite pieces I witnessed first-hand and if you know me I’m never at a loss for words.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally the show that I was most eager to see was about to hit the runway. This was the part of the evening when everyone was holding up theirs breath in expectation to catch a glimpse of the next South African fashion go-to designers. The brief was to create a Semi-Range consisting of three full ensembles that would be treated like a Paris Fashion Week collection; each designer would have their chance to showcase what they have been working on for the past three months. Here it is, their 3 minutes of fame.

 

To kick off the show was a dear friend of mine Skye Pienaar; with her Vera-K collection, which was inspired by the Victorian era. She ignited the runway with her femme fatal ice-cream parlour tones toughed up with some rugged accents. Regarding colour choices Skye hit the nail on its head for the simmering summer season ahead.

 

 

The climax of my evening was reached when Mesh unleashed his outstanding mash-up of Masculinity & Femininity, using a neutral colour palate consisting of hessian coloured fabric and adding pops of colour like blue and gold.  My personal favourite of his collection was the eye-catching drop crotch, like how-low-can-you-go drop crotch jumpsuit, with an asymmetrical front and back details, finished off with a perfectly tailored white cotton pussy-bow shirt.

 

Here is a look at some of the other designers work that went into the Semi Range Collections

 

 

 

 

 

I had a backstage pass to indulge in the behind the scenes gossip and photoshoots take a look.