This is a rare place. The selections are exactly what I love and don't see anywhere else. Chic, womanly and sexy! Yes, it is definitely a rare place. Ma petite boutique secrete a Paris. 
Beyond The Chintz
October 2, 2009 by rebecca
Filed under What's New Pussycat
Eley Kishimoto Spring Summer 2010
One of the great shows I had the pleasure of attending this London fashion week, was the Eley Kishimoto catwalk show. I was really excited to see the new season from the duo known for their amazing bold print design.
I took my seat and enjoyed a spot of people watching before the show. The audience was an eclectic mix of industry, fans, fashionistas and generally cool looking people including a mystery blonde girl sitting in the front row. I watched as photographers scrambled to take her photo. She clearly wasn’t a mystery to anyone else.
After much camera flashing, the lights dimmed and the first nautical inspired look sashayed down the catwalk appropriately accompanied by quirky electro music from the soundtrack of the Wes Anderson’s “The Life Aquatic” A collection of geometric, bold colourful pieces followed. Outfits combining block colour and contrasting dense prints were styled with bare legs, loose socks and wedge sandals creating a playful look.
As the music shifted to LCD sound system’s “Daft Punk is playing at my house” so did the clothing into more dramatically contrasting prints. There were two show stoppers for me. A high waisted dress with yellow, brown and white feather print meeting the large red and green block stripes of it’s skirt jaggedly, as if constructed by collage. The second was literally the show stopper, the last piece of the show, a gorgeous pocketed shift dress with a centre panel of over-sized yellow and black vertical zigzags with contrasting pale blue and white floral sleeves.
As Wakako Kishimoto has said, the label’s signature is unsubtle and although I wouldn’t say that of the entire collection, my favourite pieces definitely fit this description. The collection is extremely wearable, but will most likely be worn by a woman with a strong personality who’s not afraid of a strong dose of colour. Sounds like a few of our customers!
Oh and by the way, the mystery blonde?……. Portia Freeman of course.
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