No, it is definitely a piece of concealed fruit. Yes, the latest fashion trend gaining momentum is a quirky, venturesome - if you have the balls - irrefutably satirical take-on what we had presumed was style. I liken it to a hysterical laughing fit with friends, an in-joke, then, publicly aired completely out of context. That sense of ‘oh no, did I really just…’ The statement is ‘conversational’ fun. SS11 is all about expressing yourself, thinking outside the proverbial box and bearing fruit. Quite literally.
Stella McCartney drizzles us in all things citrus this season, bold lemons and oranges tantalise the taste buds on the porcelain backdrops of overly eccentric and engineered, catwalk dresses.
Prada unwrapped bananas… I know, bananas. Bazaar. I think sometimes trying to be original can lead to the absurd. But oh did we enjoy it. Muccia Prada herself wore these barmy yellow submarine-come-boomerangs hanging ironically from her ears - like ripened fruit, desperately tempting to pick from the tree with our primate like hands - whilst presenting the winner of The Turner Prize 2010 at the Tate Britain. She really has the ability to not take things too seriously; maybe it was her feelings on the night as a whole, who knows. But as Jessie J sings: "why is everyone so serious?" So lets all act a little more delirious quite frankly, go bananas i say. Enjoy it, its a 'not on your nelly' to the up-tight, restraining expectations of the recession.
A bit 'fruity' is your next trend mission London, should you choose to accept it - "Does this count as one of our five a day?..." I ask behind me.
Fear not we’ve already leap frogged through these ‘crazy’ trends-
• Jill Sander made us colour block from head to toe in neon brights for AW10. Quite a feat I think you’ll agree.
• We’ve had Stella’s pineapple prints for SS10. Prada gave us fairies in AW10: Enchantingly illustrative, but complete ‘only on the catwalks…’ attire.
• We have wholeheartedly embraced the play suit; the all in one, for Christ’s sake. Did the Seventies not teach us anything?
• And printed trousers. How and when did printed trousers/leggings become so integral to our daily dress codes? How on earth did I ever/ would I cope without them now? It’s not worth the trauma of thought to even consider it.
•Lace, who’d have thought a fabric reminiscent of a doily, could be just so contemporary chic.
(Piece aimed at the daily Metro commuter)
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