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Inspiration for spring summer Rodarte - Mulleavy childhood garden

If only I could have grown up in the Mulleavy sister's garden, Because it would have been A-mazing. I'm thinking hidy-holes under trees, secret doors, squirrels and picnic blankets with Bakelite kettles sitting amongst lots of well dressed children in seersucker sun dresses. Kind of like that book the Magic Faraway tree. I'm now in love with this thought and the foliage tops.

 

complete love

It was a lot less whimsical than the usual Rodarte. Just less of the usual white draped dresses and more of a crafty kind of atmosphere with a lot more structure. It kind o felt like the designers (I really wish I could say Laura and Kate but that would mean that they would have to know who I was if I was to not sound like a name dropping prat. Which is not the case. To both of those things.) Epic wood panelling on everything, gold accents in the collection were an interesting touch. I liked it at the start when it was just on the lips and shoes, but towards the end it got truly glitzy. The closer (pic. 8) dress was the pinnacle of the gold 'partay'. This last look is supposed to kind of sum up the collection through some kind of more formal paraphernalia. But really, it was ridiculously ugly. In fact the last five or so looks (of the whole collection, not just the ones I've pictured) felt kind of disconnected from the rest of the clothes. Bit Balmain i.e not a good thing.

But anyway not to sound like a complete tosser but seriously, there was a complete affinity with the clothes and the inspiration. The layering was pretty great but what really made it work was the AMA-ZANG prints and COSMIC (yeah that's right I'm down with those crazy kids) shoes. 

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