Butterfly Dresses

As London Fashion Week drew to a close a couple of days ago, I thought I'd end my look at the Spring/Summer 2015 collections that featured butterflies with some butterfly dresses of my own.

These and other designs can be purchased directly from myself here, or through the Rowley Gallery here, or Orso Major here.

Lie Sang Bong - Butterfly Collection SS 2015

I have featured the butterfly inspired work of fashion designer Lie Sang Bong in a previous post (here). Above is one of his fanciful designs from that 2013 butterfly collection.

 

In this new collection Sang Bong revisits the butterfly theme to equally good effect. These dresses were previewed in New York and Tokyo, and again caused quite a stir.

Some details of the print and embroidery work.

Below are some great photographs of the catwalk and backdrop, onto which were projected huge images of butterflies to enhance the models and clothes and add to the sense of theatre. It looks visually spectacular and must have been a great show to attend.

There were some interesting accessories to show off the clothes, all butterfly themed of course, and even something for the men.

Hanae Mori - Spring/Summer 2015

Time for some fashion. Butterfly inspired of course - a perennial favourite for fashion designers in their Spring/Summer collections. These are Yua Matsu designs for the Hanae Mori label S/S 2015 collection.

Love the use of the enlarged butterfly wing pattern on the pieces above. Lovely use of pattern and colour. The enlarged pattern works really well on the bag too.

Although these pieces are more sombre with their darker palette, the light, floaty fabric conveys the fragility of the butterfly theme perfectly.

Periphery

This is a variation of one of my Butterfly Ball pieces. It is titled Periphery, and is a whopper at 1 metre square in size, in an ash box frame. It is currently commanding attention in the window of The Rowley Gallery and is available for purchase.

With Valentines Day looming, Rowley have Sweethearts (above), which is also available for purchase for your very own Sweetheart!