STYLE BUZZ
It’s time to fill your wardrobe with an explosion of electric colours, playful shapes and crowd-pleasing prints. By Shamilee Vellu
Bold and beautiful
i want candy
1. JACQUEMUS BLAZER Held on a 500m fuschia catwalk unfurled over a Provencal lavender field, Jacquemus’s Spring 2020 collection was an exuberant ode to the summer sun and the season’s saturated colours, like this hot pink, oversized blazer. Blazer, $1,580; bag, $690.
2. MOLLY GODDARD DRESS
Ethereal, romantic, yet full of drama with its ruffled voluminousness, Goddard’s design is a lemon-sherbert-hued masterclass in precisioncut tulle. Price upon request.
3. ROCHAS BLOUSE AND PANTS
Creative designer Alessandro Dell’acqua says he wanted to “bet on the positive power of colours and radiate happiness,” and he’s achieved it with his bold colour combinations, like this lemon-yellow pleated blouse and orange wool pant ensemble. Blouse, $1,580; pants, $1,790.
everything’s coming up roses 4. CAROLINA HERRERA DRESS
The effortless, flowy shapes of this dress reflect the simple beauty of its print of oversized, falling blooms. Price upon request.
5. MOLLY GODDARD DRESS
Goddard gives us a lush botanical vision in a cloud of pleated tulle, asymmetrically wrapped with an elegant black bow. Price upon request.
6. RICHARD QUINN DRESS
Quinn’s more-is-more outfits are guaranteed to steal the show, especially with their bold textural contrasts and heady embrace of the season’s largest, blowiest blooms. Price upon request.
know your lace 7. SELF PORTRAIT MINI DRESS
Lace isn’t always demure, as seen in this design’s deep V-neck, peekaboo waist details and ascending hemline. Price upon request.
8. ZIMMERMAN SHIRT AND SHORTS
Inspired by exotic beaches and a sense of fun, freedom and adventure, the Australian brand pays tribute to surf culture with cut-out lace designs that give extreme femininity a tomboy edge. Cropped shirt, $1,430; shorts, $1,180.
9. ERDEM DRESS
This design appeals for its bold, festive hue and the contrast between its seemingly conservative sensibility and its lasersharp cut-out details. Price upon request.
dot dot dash 10. PIERRE-LOUIS MASCIA COAT AND SKIRT
A collaboration between Mascia and Benoit Bonnemaison-fitte, this outfit suggests a considered blend of Parisian chic and patterns culled from global travels. Skirt, $590.
11. MIHARA YASUHIRO SHIRT AND SKIRT
A traditionally feminine outfit is subverted thanks to Yasuhiro’s unexpected bleach prints, which create the effect of burnt edges. Shirt, $950; skirt, $900.
12. TRICOT DRESS
It doesn’t get more ladylike than this trenchstyle dress, which appeals with its winsome print and flattering tied waist and flared hemline. Price upon request.
13. SACAI DRESS
Designer Chitose Abe continues her lifelong quest to re-imagine what’s possible with silhouette in this diaphanous design, with its riot of dots in different sizes and opacities. Price upon request.
puff it up 14. ZANINI
Zanini’s deceptively simple designs belie the careful attention that has gone into them. Small details shine, like the plisse accents on the puff sleeves of this deep aubergine cotton dress. Dress, $4,240.
15. NOIR KEI NINOMIYA JACKET AND SKIRT
Is it fashion or sculpture? This jacket’s peaked folds contrast with the skirt’s stark, white paperlike folds to make a futuristic statement. Price upon request.
16. ANREALAGE JACKET AND SKIRT
This outfit takes a preppy classic – a club blazer with crest patch – and turns it into a surreal fashion statement. Strong shoulders on the triangular blazer telescope to a narrow waist, almost as if it’s being viewed from above. Price upon request.