Yes, the current economic slump has spared no one, but do we have to wear the gloom on our sleeve or tag it on a trouser pocket?
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Yes, the current economic slump has spared no one, but do we have to wear the gloom on our sleeve or tag it on a trouser pocket? This season, most designers have found an easy inspiration in the recession, fashioning collections in sinister black. Thankfully, Atsu Sekhose refused to join the mourning club, continuing to stick with his style and colours, celebrating the legendary Yves Saint Laurent. The inspiration for construction and silhouette came from the late Parisian designer's early works that spoke of power dressing, asymmetrical cocktail dresses and stunning red carpet gowns.u00a0
This Nagaland-based designer showed courage by choosing to veer from his last, super successful, bursting-with-vibrancy and wackily cut line, to one of mature styling. Inspired by memories of his jaunts to East Asia, Atsu bedecked dresses and skirts in carpet embroidered Chinese chrysanthemums, veiled them in net, and accessorised it all with chunky jewellery pieces from St Erasmus in London.
Each garment had a quiet revolution stirring within it; similar to the sexual revolt caused by YSL in the 1960s, when he put women in trouser suits. Fabrics joined the rally, with Duchess satin, cashmere wool and distressed leather keeping lacquer red, emerald green, slate grey and midnight blue in close sight.
Finally, Atsu sent models down in billowing evening gowns, iridescent off-shoulder dresses with cowl backs and dolman sleeves, and shimmering sequin work ensembles.
Atsu
At: 5 pm, Emporio
