Rococococococo....

I was having a bit of a nosey into next A/W 09' s collections and Basso and Brooke really caught my eye. I don't know if it is down to the lovely sun that I am sitting in or my aversion to anything black in times such as this, but this collection stood out amongst the other macabre offerings. Not to say they weren't good offerings...just as I said before, aversion...(May I just add quickly here that Ashish is a serious exception to the dreary generalisation made a second ago)

The collection is apparently inspied by Louis XIV and the baroque and rococo stylings. The French king was nicknamed the 'Sun King' and this is very much reflected in the collection with digital prints in bright hues. Indeed, it looks like the Palace of Versailles threw up on some of the clothes, not that I'm complaining I actually quite like the over the top architecture of centuries past. The fabrics also exude regality in that by being of the same shine as satin, yet in regal colurs and expensive looking textures, they could pass as the crown jewels themselves...

To do the prints justice, the cuts of the clothes were kept simple, that is, shift dresses, trench coats and straight skirts and the like. Very wise I feel as I'm not sure it wouldn't look slightly too much had the prints been put onto a whole layering/frills/weird angles affair.

Enough chatting...here are my favourite pieces from the collection:

Pics from style.com and catwalking.com