The most unconventional yet amazing catwalk of the day. Models wearing Hunters wellies, with birds nest hairstyles and smeared eye make-up, they looked as if, in the words of Barone, ‘‘a war zone had exploded’’. Walking slowly down the smoky catwalk with a lost and dazed look in their eyes, the models really did depict the vulnerable and beautiful war creatures well.

Deep plum and sapphire floor-length evening gowns with frills and long tails and prom glitter dresses completed with Hunters, sounds like a recipe for disaster but that it was not. They looked like fairytale characters with no direction, mysterious mortals in a dream-like state of reality blurred by fantasy. 

Politics were also literally scribbled on the pieces, ‘work liberates’ graphically scrawled across leggings and bodysuits, reinforcing the war-like nature of the collection which Barone references towards the Jewish prisoners in the Holocaust who had hopes and dreams. To honour the faith, compared to the still modest but more revealing gowns, the leggings and bodysuits completely covered the models as a sign of respect to the religion.

A fascinatingly deep collection, Barone made sure that her designs had depth to them as well as high fashion content. 

 After the show IDOL caught up with Carlotta Actis Barone for a quick chat.

Read our Q&A here

Written by Avneet Takhar 

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