Elysium: A place or state of perfect happiness
//Paradise//Heaven//
The Elysium Concept
Show, the Friday night event of Oxford Fashion Week 2012, showcased a tasty
array of interpretations from the fashion industry’s forthcoming talent.
With mulled wine
truffles circulating the ornate Oxford Town Hall, the atmosphere was rife for this season's instalment of the regional fashion week which launched in 2009. A
city celebrated for its ‘out of the box’ attitude was sure to deliver something
innovative. The audience was transported through fantasy worlds engulfed in artistic
apparel and trend-driven tribes on a fantastic fashion journey.
This series of
posts will celebrate the collections of the OFW12 designers.
CRIMSON-ROSE O'SHEA
C Martin Prechelmacher
Specifically produced for OFW, Crimson-Rose O’Shea’s collection
pushed the boundaries to breaking point. As if drawn into a futuristic underwater
wonderland, the use of iridescent materials emulated ripples of underwater
lights. The shoal of models wore crustacean-esque masks and headwear resembling
sea-dwellers as if part of a mutant pirate tribe. Keeping a glamorous, feminine
aesthetic, each item drove gasps from the enchanted crowd.
London-based O’Shea is a Central
Saint Martins BA Fashion Design graduate with impressive background. She has worked for John Galliano, Diane Von
Furstenburg and Elisa Palomino and a design consultancy at LVMH/Sephora. As a
freelance designer, she has contributed to Vogue, Dazed & Confused, AnOther
and Hunger as well as being a costume designer for ballet, music and film
industry.
Oxford is renowned for being a hub of education and creativity and
Brookes should by no means be overshadowed by its academic neighbours. Fashion
students on the 2012-13 OBU Foundation Art and Design Course displayed a powerful
collection from their first brief – ‘abstract impressionism’.
Branded by strokes and splatters of neon paint the loosely
structured latex creations fashioned a futuristic tribal vibe. Straying from past
structured, regimented uniformity this collection, with gaping seams and flapping
folds, offers the breakaway freedom of a new, rebellious gang.
Favourite accessories of the entire show were the plastic orange ‘glasses’
on a chain which added to the space-age feel of this collection.
-- ALL PHOTOS:© Claire Williams Photography --
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