C.J.
Yao kicked off her first show since graduating from Central
St.Martins this afternoon at Freemasons Hall. Her collection was
inspired by a dream she had back home in China, this dream consisted
of everything around her being magnified and everyone had actually
shrunk back to their childhood size. The collection was based on this
dream which included a lot of oversized pieces linking back to the
childhood element.
Think
Bill & Ben meets Peter Pan with some added leather and faux fur
hand warmers. The collection was very wool based and included a lot
of panels on the coats. Block colours were also the main features
from the show however a few panels of print, leather and PVC made
appearances. The thick, layered colour palette is perfect for autumn
and the pieces were styled with low belts, slit trousers and fur face
pieces.
The
outfits looked great bouncing down the runway with C.J’s shoes that
are collaboration with Ecco. These shoes made the smart pieces in the
collection look more casual which was an interesting contrast.
My
favourite pieces from the collection were the cropped wool trench
coats, which were layered on top of other pieces along with black
leather gloves. I also loved the use of the massive oversized hoods
that covered most of the models faces along with the synched waist
dresses with the Ecco boots.
Overall
I really enjoyed the collection and loved the pixie look the models
were given by Label M and Body Shop. The show in fact did feel as if
we were in Yao’s dream and the whole childhood link was really
interesting. The audience got extremely excited when we saw she had
in fact designed a kidswear outfit and we saw a young boy walking
down the runway at the end of the show.
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AmberJenner_