TOME NY MBFWA runway

T O M E 

Pre Fall Launch

Tome designers Ryan Lobo and Ramin Martin jetted in from the US to showcase their pre fall collection at Australian Fashion week second year in a row. Each season it is part of the design process they pick a female artist as muse to inspire key staples such as trench, camisole dresses or a white shirt. 

This season was a reflection on the Netfix documentary " What Happened, Miss Simone?" and the late entertainer's style and 1960's imagery from several books Detroit 1968 and Malick Sidibe's The Portrait of Mali. References stepped in American historical cultural. 


The runway lighting, or lack of towards the runway entrance, even though added for feeling didn't help much with the viewing. The feeling of the collection was a deep south, cotton workers. A sea of patchwork denim upcycled from preloved jeans, vintage scarf prints and floral prints. Silhouettes played on volume with oversized trench coats and trademark shirting in keeping with TOME's key garments.

 

bianca spender resort 17

R E S O R T 17

 

Bianca Spender brought her trademark design sophistication to the runway with her resort collection. Standout ruffled detailing and great mix of textures; many which were super shiny to the eye featured in the collection.

The color palette moved through Earthy tones like mustard; olive green and gun metal combined with crisp whites a graphic rose print and closing with a monochrome stripes on a textured dress. 

The majority of the silhouettes were longer in length with a few shorter options. 

It was definitely a collection for the modern country explorer chic with the simple styling with R.M Williams country boot. 

C/MEO COLLECTIVE resort 17

                                   

C/MEO COLLECTIVE previewed their resort collection on the runway at MBFWA. 

This is the second time the Australian Fashion labels brand has shown at Carriageworks. The runway was segmented by seating in the middle which made for cool zig zag choreography as models stomped their way towards the end of the runway. 

Even though under a new name C/MEO COLLECTIVE, previously shown as just Cameo the label, the forward thinking aesthetics and design were still present with the collection. 

It was interesting to see how well the collection fitted within the resort scheduling as the label produces eleven collections per year.  Each collection is created around a central theme inspiring strong prints, shapes and fabrics. 

Which didn't disappoint with the right mix of tailoring and fabrics to suit a modern resort buyer. There was a softness in colour palette which worked well with the bold silhouettes and sharp tailoring details. Length of skirts, wide legged pants; minimal layering and just the right amount of skin showing made for a sophisticated fashion forward resort collection.