Ada Zanditon Spring Summer 11 Fashion for Beauty

Ada Zanditon Spring Summer 11

Posted September 20th, 2010 by Alana Strange No Comments »

Much is owed to Ada Zanditon for transforming the eco-fashion movement’s image into something sexy, contemporary and capable of creating styles ranging from classic and sophisticated to cutting edge and avant garde. For a relative newcomer, the queue to get into her Spring/Summer 2011 collection presentation at On/Off was impressive; so much so, in fact, that I missed the first showing, where Ada’s muse Viktoria Modesta, musician Bishi and the Broken Hearts, Amber and Nisha were all in attendance. Helping to organise the show was Ada’s other half, Philip Levine, unmissable with his scalp entirely gilded in gold leaf.

‘The Pyramora’ collection was inspired by both the geometry of The Great Pyramid and the shapes and colours of coral reefs. Triangular shapes appeared on many of the pieces, as did fantastic prints, created using high resolution photographs of corals combined with Ada’s own illustrations. Ada also created the jewellery for the show, collaborating with Luca Romanyi to design pieces made from porcelain tiles combined with Swarovski crystals and leather.

The models’ hair was coiffed into impressive pyramids shapes by Christian Landon, whilst they sported super high, gilded eyebrows and touches of Cleopatra style eye-liner thanks to Mika Doll who worked with experimental new British make-up brand, Illamasqua.

The models themselves deserve a special mention, not only for being stunning- the lady with the blue eyes is my new LFW favourite- but also for carrying off one of the most complex walking arrangements I’ve ever witnessed. Altogether this was far more interesting and inspiring than most of the big budget catwalk shows I’ve seen this season. Ada’s designs are now being stocked on the brilliant new website Young British Designers, pioneering talent like this which is evidently going places.

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