floral vomit

people are talking.

yes, they are raving and ranting.

they are not discussing how 'happenin' and cool colour blocking is (because that is just lame), and they are not discussing the right and wrong way to wear neon, because there is only the wrong.

no, they are literally vomiting floral patterns at a rate which is beginning to threaten the lifespan of plain un-patterned fabrics. models are beginning to emulate floral couches from the 90s, and curtains from my grandma's house.

it should be no real surprise that I think this fashion of floral on floral bombardment is absolutely rad!

so, to prove my point i did some flicking on style.com and this is what i found. (please enjoy my googled couch also. i reckon its pri-tty bangin')

all images (minus the couch) from style.com

1. erdem spring 2012 – no one does floral like erdem. in fact until now, no one has actually done floral at all, apart from erdem that is, who do it EVERY season, without fail. who am i kidding, i dig their monochromatic (in a pattern sense) style. floral overloading is baben, and so are erdem.

2.stella mccartney resort 2012 – we've all been expecting this floral explosion from stella for a while now. at least ever since her graphic table-cloth floral print last season. and yes, its symmetrical and aligned and perfectly cut. everything you would expect from this tailoring master.

3. camilla and marc spring 2012 – nice to see some up-to-the-minute, fashion forward-ness from our aussie babes at camilla and marc.i am felling some romance was born vibes here....

4. céline resort 2012 –this is the extreme vomiting i was talking about. three-piece floral suit. hot, rad, baben, couch (couch is an adjective...)

5. funky couch doing funky things

alright peepies, that's enough from me. go watch some horses run around caulfield.

xo

back to it...

omg patter-rrrrrrns!

Lets talk about pattern, NO WAY. Let's talk about pattern, OK!

Sorry, I had the sudden urge to rant about pattern like a technological tween. But the use of pattern in the resort collections had this effect on me- like a sudden wave of juvenile excitement, that made me want to put every piece of patterned clothing I own on and run around singing the tune that ice-cream trucks make.....

SERIOUSLY it is that good. I mean ok, Missoni are renowned for their pattern on pattern layering and Balenciaga for their futuristic colour-ways, but this somehow all just came together, and blew my mind.

Yes! are you nodding your head in agreement and appreciation of the perfect balance of grandma knits and futuristic orbitals (whatever that means..). In case your not.....heres some more patterny goodness...

The Erdem print reminds me of Tavi's nebula shorts, and a shimmering ocean (you know the kind- when you go on a beach walk at night and you shine your torch onto the softly flowing sea....... maybe not, but i assure you it looks like this!). And the burnt, kinda seventies still life print by Stella McCartney is everything that regular itsy bitsy kitchy floral prints are not- feminine, strong, organically fashionable.....

Well, without saying too much more about resort, my overall opinion of the collections was that they were surprisingly great. The designers/design houses presented collections which showcased something much more sophisticated and deep- many comparable to fall/spring collections. This I find quite exciting and refreshing, and love that it leaves me with a minty-freshness, like i've just brushed my teeth......perhaps like a pre-dinner mint, or palette cleanser for whats to come......

xox