For its breath-taking venue that was totally inspired for a show of vacationing beauties, show of the day has to go to Emilia Wickstead x Matchesfashion.com. The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2018 Resort show recreated the typical runway show as an event, with models in swimwear and summer floral dresses descending the wooden staircases at Sydney’s Coogee Beach to the iconic Wylie’s Bath venue where they lounged on matching cotton fabric-covered mattresses or swam in the ocean.
Guests arrived on to the top deck level to a classic live jazz band in white suits and were served Pommery champagne and canapes of seafood on silver spoons and prawn cocktails. It was luxe to the max. I felt like Audrey Hepburn having morning tea at Coogees.
The 17-piece range of dresses, separates and swimwear took its inspiration from old photographs of holiday makers on the Mediterranean coast.
Emilia Wickstead said “This collection is my version of the ultimate vacation wardrobe; quintessential Emilia Wickstead silhouettes and nostalgic prints that present a fresh and modern take on holiday dressing, playing on 60’s and 70’s themes.”
The MATCHESFASHION.COM x Emilia Wickstead Vacation Capsule will go live, as part of the MATCHESFASHION.COM Digital Trunk Show series, on 17th May 2018.
Photos Megan Robinson
15th May 2018