STYLEAID 2009 Runway Photos – Almond Tree, Paper Skye, S2 and Flannel

Posted by songy on Aug 10, 2009 in 2009

Almond Tree is an easy to understand design/label. It’s about kaftans, holidays and summer. With STYLEAID 2009, Linda Ellis’ work shines with Willem Heyneker’s spectacular jewellery. I found Willem’s work was getting paired with Almond Tree at the backstage when two gorgeous girls from Behind the Monkey turned up with bags of Why Creations jewels. Oh boy was I excited! It took Aly May’s keen eye for style to make Almond Tree and Willem’s work together fabulously for this show. I did get in touch with Linda, the creator of Almond Tree, before the show but I wasn’t able to meet with her as she was in Bussleton and not being able to join us for the show. I did meet her friend Tracey at the backstage though which was fun.

Then, we had Paper Skye. It was good that I got to see the designs beforehand as the lighting for that show wasn’t matching with poetic (what I thought) designs by Kirsten. Having said that, garments did look much better on models than on a dummy.

S2 was interesting. I liked the dress worn by Bec (short blonde). The hair and make-up I thought was spectacular without being ‘huge’. It worked well for the design and I like that slightly messy hair – I’d like to call it controlled messiness.

Interestingly, Flannel had the same problem with the lighting. What I call a problem would have been just a case of making the fashion show more interesting for the lighting crew and the audience. I seriously doubt if fashion conscientious people would have appreciated the funky blue and purple lighting. Anyway, I definitely didn’t like the harsh lighting for the delicate and elegant designs from Flannel. I’ll let you be the judge of that anyway. If I were you I’d just head over to my interview with Flannel’s Kristy Lawrence. There, you will have more of relaxing Flannel experience.