meringues on the shoulders...stylebubble.com

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15 March 2008
Meringues on the Shoulders?
You know, I do need to indulge in my food passion somewhere here and if it's not a 'What did I eat today' blog in manner of the wonderful This is Naive (her photos make me drool on my keyboard...'nuff said...), I'm just going to have to relate fashion to food.
Well then, I'll have to be blunt and say that Ivana K's latest AW08-9 collection is like creamy heaven. I'm afraid I'm going to have to go into Nigella Lawson language and say it's slinky, oozing and voluptuous. The lookbook was already appetising enough but when I went to the collection preview at Potassium (shame on me... the SOLE stockist of Ivana K in London and a store that I have never heard about.... ) last week, it was quite literally drool everywhere. Think 'soft mounds' as per what you need for mousse in dresses that drape, glide and have volume worked into them ever so discreetly. Soft and marshamallowey padding (and I mean VERY soft!) adorn the shoulders of dresses but not in a way that cries out Joan Crawford. The foundations of the collection though are still Ivana's directional tailoring that carries all this measured softness. The tactile qualities in all the pieces are a result of Ivana's judgement in fabrics so as embellishment goes, there is very little because it's not needed..... behold the soft creamy mallow-like goodness...




Of course, on person, the soft volume is even more obvious...




Now, where is my fluffy-centred meringue (hard, chalky meringues are just wrong on so many levels).... ?
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ivana k...vip launch 12/3/08

you are cordially invited to preview the autumn/winter 08/09 collection by ivana k on 12th march 2008 from 18:00 to 21:00 at potassium, marble arch

"ivana k has created soft structures that aren't intimidating but are fierce in their own way" Stylebubble.com

RSVP vip@potassiumstore.co.uk