Prophetik S/S 2011
Tennesse born designer Prophetik gave an exciting and original catwalk show for their Spring/Summer 2011 collection entitled “Midnight Garden”. Opening music was supplied by The Hogslops, a Bluegrass Band from Leipers Fork, Tennesse, followed by the Tafahum orchestra providing original music composed by Benjamin Ellin. The first model came out in a hooded tunic and stood on a podium, then the show started.
Prophetik S/S 2011
The female models floated down the runway showcasing beautiful floating dresses created out of sustainable fabrics such as hemp silk, organic cottons and linen. The majority of the dresses came out in a light ivory colour, providing an air of innocence and elegance, with a light rasberry dip dye effect coming into play at the end of some of the “Southern Ball Gowns”.
The dress came with detailing and focus being on the bust and around the chest, along the rest of the dresses to float down. Dresses came down the catwalk adorned with beaded leather ropes and lace. It was also nice to see that the shoulder detailing trend that has been prominent in previous seasons hasn’t died yet, with rouched, statement shoulders appearing on nicely tailored jackets, along with high waisted trousers.
The women’s collection was primarily dress focused, but came with a variety of different strap/neckline detail, halternecks, racerback and strapless dresses all made an appearance, each with their own unique trimmed detail.
Prophetik S/S 2011
Where the women came down dressed as innocent damsals in distress, the men came down like their knights in shining armour. The men had a more layered style with shirts and neckerchiefs layered with tailored jackets and waistcoats, adorned with antique buttons, giving across a more militant feel to the men’s collections. The men’s rouched arm shirts came in ivory whilst the shiny smart trousers came in a shiny copper material with the waistcoats appearing a dark ivory.
Other stand out pieces came in the form of light sky blue ball dress, strapless and tailored at the bust to the rest to of the dress to flow out in a rouched puff ball, held up by the model as she tiptoed down the runway. Only one black evening dress snaked down the runway, a dress which was fitted to the model’s slender figure.
The show was more an event than a catwalk show and a great deal of focus, direction and style was injected into this unisex line and by the end the best of us were clapping along to the closing music of that vibrant Bluegrass band.
