There are so many things that I love and never get sick of in the world of fashion. One of those things is paisley. Paisley prints never go out. Each season designers create new takes on the age old motif. Here are some cool images from my many folders of research.
This was an easy one.
ZIMMERMANN is by far the label that I will always want to be dressed in
and therefore the most anticipated show for me.
As I mentioned earlier in my blog, my first foray into the real world, fashion industry long before uni and my own rag trade experiences, I took the
opportunity in Year 10, 1995, to do a week of work experience with this fashion
label. It was a small studio with just
Nicky Zimmermann, the pattern maker Genevieve Smart (now one half of Ginger and
Smart), PR/Marketing, Marie Claude Mallat (now the director of her own company
MCMPR) and Simone Zimmermann who looked after and still does, the business end of things. I was in awe of Nicky’s hand sketches, the
bolts of fabulous fabric everywhere, paper patterns hanging on the long steel
rack and seeing the beautiful samples in the showroom, I didn’t mind buying their coffees each
morning! All jokes aside, I really was hooked from then on and knew I wanted to be a fashion designer.
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Since then I have developed
a love of Zimmermann's sleek, sexy, innovative swimwear and how Nicky always
masters the mixing of femme shapes with edgy detail to their otherwise constant
pretty colour palettes.
Anyway here are some of my “to die for” looks from
Zimmermann's collection titled “Clique Clique”, styled by one half of Mania Mania, Tamila Purvis.
Love the subtle floral print!
Making a red splatter print pretty, who would've thought!
Open knit sweat with laser cut skirt - LOVE!
Pure swim genius!
Sweet as!
I want this to add to my dress collection! Love their splicing every season.
Cute as! Especially on Rachel Rutt. Almost the same surname!
Very cool.
My fave look of the collection! Genius! Even more genius than a whole lot of other clothing designers.
My other two faves from Day 2 were:
-By Johnny, a much more muted colour palette than
I expected after his Summer ’11 collection but nevertheless it was chic and for
the cool girl when she needs to dress up.
I loved this mauvey pink and white peplum pencil skirt in a hand drawn striped print.
Sporty and chic
- Magdalena
Velveska is definitely targeting an older market and not what I would usually
go for, but I love the detail and the femme tailored look. It has spunk to it. Magdalena was in my year at uni and has worked
for many other famous Aussie designers such as Lisa Ho and Akira Isogawa before starting her own label in
2009. She has garnered quite a following. I love this look below and would totally wear
this.
Love the neon lipstick & detail in ths flowy pencil skirt shape.
ZIMMERMANN had their Spring/Summer 12/13 show today offsite at Koskela (another great Aussie success story).
Here is one AMAZING bikini from the collection! Zimmermann is my all time fave Aussie label. My first work experience experience was with Nicky and Simone Zimmermann when I was in year 10 and have been a fan ever since.
Anyway I will be writing about fashion week this weekend when it's all wrapped up and I will be in a very lust worthy state of wanting the latest pieces from all the fabulous designers.
This week's big news was that Facebook bought Instagram for 1 billion dollars! And Android users can now have Instagram on their phones. This applied to me. I was quite excited about this. So if you can't get enough of my posts (I know there's heaps of you ; ) then you can follow me on Instagram: b_rut
Thought I might share this to hang on to summer a bit more -
Cleo November '11 - An Aztec Rose Bikini I designed, top left:
