Akira‘s bright patterned collection was a ray of sunshine at the Harper’s Bazaar parade on Friday night. Colours were abound with hot pinks, reds, orange and plum in bold prints. The vibe was feminine and flirty with polkadots on white flowing shift dresses, slouchy charcoal trenchcoats, neutral wrap dresses and maxis with cut out panels.

The first design of the night was a structured black dress by Martin Grant with shapes reminiscent of the Sydney Opera House. The collection mixed black, grey and fuchsia in mini dresses and pencil skirts. Fernando Frisoni swayed between super short mini and ankle length dresses with thigh high splits, digital prints and rouching. Scanlan and Theodore accentuated the hips with their fierce collection. We saw lots of black with high waisted leather minis, oversized coats and tapered pants.

Sequins were abound at Easton Pearson bringing a little glitter to some tribal inspired prints. Delicate sheer fabrics mixed with velvet were set against bold geometric and floral prints. Prints were also big in Tina Kalivas’ designs creating clashing outfits that combined patterns with more eccentric patterns. Pieces included lime green slim fit pants, panelled wrap dresses and high waisted pants.

Timothy Godbold used navy, black and grey as the base for his collection. Highlights were a glistening silver fishtail print skirt paired with a brown suede jacket and a soft off the shoulder top with high sitting black pants with thick waistband detail. Rather futuristic, digital print heavy pieces came down the catwalk for Michael Angel. The runway finished with his structured jackets, laser cutout dresses layered with sheer fabrics, fur coats and fitted mini dresses in chaotic orange, blue and purple prints.

Photo courtesy of Akira

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