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Courier Fashion Show 2008: Video, report and pictures
IF there was anything notable about the spring-summer catwalk shows in Milan, Paris and London it was that most designers had taken the concept of organic to heart.
They have taken the word at face value and gone natural.
The result, as we witnessed at the Evening Courier Fashion Show at the Victoria Theatre, Halifax, last night is a series of stunningly, wearable, individualist collections.
Suddenly, we are awash with desirable, feminine, flattering clothes, inspired by, or created with nature in mind.
Think butterflies, flowers, feathers, fringing, craft, silks, embroidery. One thread ran through the show: radical upbeat, colour. It's time to pull on those sunglasses because rainbow shades – think peacock and kingfisher and berry shades of hot pink and purple – are everywhere.
Experts believe this supernature theme is a reaction to environmental worries about global warming. The upshot is that individuality and personal style are very much back in fashion along with "special" clothes we will be wearing for years to come.
Overly sexy and harsh clothes are being replaced with softer sophistication, heavy on detail.
Running in parallel to the supernature theme is the need for fashion brands to become socially responsible. Taking that lead in the Courier show, called Fashion Today, was local designer Della Skinner. The 23-year-old of Siddal, Halifax, turns other people's cast offs into works of art. She transformed six members of staff from Overgate Hospice, Elland, with clothes recycled from Overgate charity shops. Teresa Wolfenden of Rastrick, Julie Ogle of Elland, Gill Shaw of Halifax, Tracy Haldenby of Illingworth, Halifax, Stewart McConnell of Hipperholme and Ross Howarth of Huddersfield would not have looked out of place in a fashion magazine.
Celebrity florist Carl Wilde co-presented the show with Bernadette Gledhill from the Louise Morton Model Agency.
Designers and apprentices from the Textile Centre of Excellence, Huddersfield, presented cutting edge garments to prove there is still plenty of fashion action going on in Britain.
Last night's show was action-packed, frivolous and fun thanks to the 30 models from the Louise Morton Agency. Special mention must go to 10-year-old James Buckley of Greetland who became an overnight star when he impressed the judges.on the hit TV show Dragon's Den. James, who was on stage with his younger sister, Lucy, showed us what a natural performer he really is.
Tots from BabyBallet Song and Dance Academy and older kids from Whiteley's Academy of Performing Arts, both in Halifax, reminded us yet again what talent we have on our doorsteps.
The show, which is sponsored by G&W Developments Ltd and Double AA Furnishings, both of Halifax, showed us glamour is the way forward when it comes to hair and make-up this season. Models looked the part thanks to the hard work backstage from staff at the Jon Richard hair salon in Cleckheaton, students from Calderdale College and make-up artists from Harvey's department store, Halifax.
There is still chance to catch the show. It's repeated tonight at 7.30 and some tickets are still available.
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