Starting a fashionable 40 minutes late at Vauxhall Fashion Scout was A La Disposition A/W 2011 show. The ALD collection 'The Utopian Aviary' was inspired by a place of hermitic solitude. The secluded existance of the place is constantly enthralled by the illustrious calls of distant seabirds, which swim buoyantly along the bare shores with cries of birds of prey circling overhead.
The overwhelming presence of such life forms made this collection reflect on mimicking the feel and highly developed social structures of such avian populations, through an exploration of taxonomic shapes and forms. The collection incorporates forms and shapes that were gradually built up, through a myraid of methods and textual arrangements, combining layering, ruffling, pinking and gathering. Constructive measurements and complex compositions daunt the lines of movement, art and functionality in a dazzling display of voluminous pieces, aimed to illustrate the utopia of the enthralled birds calling persistently.
The collection contrasts lighter denier fabrics, pixilated signature print designs gossamer silks, taffeta and chiffons, with heavier faux furs, and sturdier materials. The colour palette was contrasted with a base drenched in a morose base of blacks and dark tones, carefully contrasted with vibrant and shimmering tones of orange, red, and green.
