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Saturday Runway Fun
By Justine Babii | August 4, 2007
I logged on hoping I’d successfully translated Swedish time to Linden time to make it to the fashion show at the Beacon Hotel in Plettenberg Bay. This show, called simply Fashion Show at the Beacon, turned out to be a ton of fun.
Featuring primarily designers from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway, this show was all over the map in terms of the styles that it presented. Heavy on latex and sexy underthings, this show definitely changed my opinion of Scandinavia as the land of heavy sweaters and parkas. One such store, BoingO, features primarily tiny swimsuits and similarly skimpy outfits. The outfit above is their tube top (pack of five colors for L$350) with their white metallic hipsters (2 colors for L$350 or L$200 a color).
The outfit to the left is from NanoGunk. It is the Wild OB Siberian and retails for L$ 300. Nanogunk has some cute things, many in the skimpy and latexy categories and is well worth a trip if you’re looking for something slinky and fun.
The jewel for me was finding Ivalde. Designer Neferia Abel has filled her store with wonderful outfits from a number of styles and eras. Because I was trying to get to as many shops as possible I was only able to run through Ivalde, but I will be back soon because this store looks awesome. Shown below is Evaline, a cute and flexible outfit that retails for L$ 350.
I fell in love with a number of Abel’s designs, including her Marit and Saga dresses. (Marit is in the background in the pic to the left). For me, Ivalde will be a store I have to visit a few times because it covers a number of moods and styles, and has with a lot of variety in each area. I’ve already tried a couple of outfits from Ivalde and found them to be well made and well textured.
I did some quick hopping around to all the stores in the show. Others were AW Design, which has some cute stuff, and Mirage Industries and Hybrid which seemed to team up on a couple of high tech futuristic designs.
I made it over to the very end of the MetaStock Fashion Show. Titled Good Girl VS. Bad Girl, the finale seemed to cover a lot of that ground. I was so late for the show I could only snap some pics and hope for the best, but I did see a couple of cute things from Coconut Ice, such as the Ever After Gown seen left in Wild Rose.
I popped in to Coconut Ice and browsed a bit. The Ever After Gown is L$799. Awesome Designs and Crucial Creations were also featured in the MetaStock Fashion Show and I will have to go back and study my pictures to better see who made which pieces.
Finally, the Mercury show launched at 7:00pm SLT. The late hour, the build-up to the event and the number of SLebs in the audience gave the show the feel of an event. The production, by Kirk Claymore and Mad Agency, was excellent. The collection itself is fun and offbeat and included a kitchen sink approach, from basic men’s white boxer shorts to elaborate combinations of contrasting colors and textures. The piece shown to the left, Dancing Pirate, is a good example of the line, with interesting combinations of seemingly dissonant pieces. The Dancing Pirate retails for $L 300.
UPDATE: For more pictures from these shows check out my Flickr Pix.
(Please get my permission before using any for commercial purposes! Thanks)
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