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Theo VII autumn/winter 2017 collection catwalk show for LFW

Theo VII autumn/winter 2017 collection catwalk show | LFW
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Teresa Kroenung Shot by Amy Smith

For their autumn/winter 2017 collection In the World of Shamanism, Theo VII’s Miao Ho, Yui Ding and Tan Xue Yi continued their signature marriage of men’s and womenswear by creating a solid collection that showed their skills as tailors and patternmakers.

Inspired by Shamanism and their communication with the supernatural world, the designers infused their long, fluid silhouettes with a bit of that ethereal magic by playing with reflective surfaces and fringes in all strengths and lengths.

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The designers kept their silhouettes simple and elongated, the colour palette inspired by autumn and grounded by cooler, darker shades in the precisely tailored overcoats. They added a contemporary feel by fastening those long and heavy coats with mirroring buttons, a little detail that was also found attached to the quirky socks worn with masculine loafers to deliver a whimsical edge.

The youthful feel continued by the variety of fringing found throughout the collected, once thickened up and tied into knots at the waist of a luscious, sunflower yellow dress, and somewhere else in thinner strands, tied around the body like a sash and secured with rope.

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The standout piece, apart from a beautifully clean, black waistcoat that brushed along the ankles, was a plum purple velvet dress that skimmed around the calves and sported a loose turtleneck. A few reflective embellishments that looked like abstracted, tiny feathers found on a shirt dress and another tailored pieced rounded off a collection that had ambitious inspiration but delivered without fail.

Teresa Kroenung
Photos: Amy Smith

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