Flash Back! Melbourne Spring Fashion Week

Flash back to MSFW!!! Two Haus of Dethridge Collections

The inspiration for my  Evening Wear Drowning in the Stars galactica piece was based around this Japanese haiku. 

My range developed around the last line of the haiku “The Milky Way”.

The concept of my collection is the idea of being trapped in an undesirable place and finding an escape in a psychological fantasy.  This undesirable place leaves a person longing to get lost up in the stars and to evidently drown away in your fantasy over your own reality.

The range is largely made up of rich vibrant purple and pink jewel hues against the stark contrast of black. These colours reflect the fantasy of wanting to be amongst the Milky Way and the darkness that is being left behind.

Drowning in the Stars is an evening wear based collection that collaborates a mixture of fabric manipulation, transformational pattern cutting and jewelling techniques following a classic cut that has a modern twist and a that also focal points of dramatization.

Far left "Drowning in the Stars" outfit, centre the "Crown Your Jewels" outfit

The Inspiration behind this range is “Crown Jewels”

The crown jewels are timeless pieces in the English royal family; I want this range to incorporate the feeling of this timeless beauty, classic cuts, vibrant colours’ and statement making.

My collection “Crown your Jewels” is based around a monochromatic blue theme, of heavily embellished jewels and theatrics. This range is inspired by the English crown jewels, Lady Diana’s Sapphire ring, and excessive bling and focal design points.

I wanted to recreate the timeless beauty of this theme of clean cuts, vibrant blues and heavily embellished jewels and the traditional English high teas, but also adding a modern twist by using different forms of fabric manipulation, textures, and lots of jewels. I also wanted this range to incorporate a different yet equally unique culture of London Street quirk. This brings a little bit of edge to a classically strong design.

“Crown your Jewels” revolves around a blue and gold palette, soft wools, and fabric manipulation. This collection links back to my theme of jewels because by using the silhouettes, colours’, embellishment of the crown jewels it creates this elegant vibe that, and by mixing that with the contrast of London Street wear it becomes a young style.

I imagine the women who would wear this collection to be strong, with a sharp eye for unique art fashion.