PRAS: The Thorax

Viktor

Ironically, for this one I would have been happy to see Viktor in the bottom. It's just weird and not in a good way in this case. From the front it's an Anya Ayoung-Chee muu-muu with a Laura Bennett plunging neckline rendered in a Laura-Kathleen Planck sheer with the back from Korto's avant-garde look from her season inspired by water and Aquarius and something inexplicable as a trim. It's a combination of loads of other designers and I just don't see Viktor anywhere in it. The bug...maybe. Avant-garde certainly not. I really did hate this a lot more than Jeffrey's, and it was just ahead of Melissa and Daniel on my scorecard.

Seth-Aaron

 

Well I'm disappointed. S-ADHD's really playing it safe. Kidding. Next to Irina's (which really worked) and Jeffrey's (which sorta worked) this was the most avant-garde. It's also very Seth-Aaron. I love the architecture, the shapes and the colours. The hard plastic "exoskeleton" was a good way to evoke the bug, if a little literal. In fact, it's a truly spectacular dress. But it's too normal, too like something you'd have seen in an 80s music video and too much like something Seth-Aaron would make for a ready-to-wear piece. In my opinion, it was flawed right from the concept up, although everything else was very well done. Definitely a middle entry. By the way, the skirt fabric is awful. It looks like a patent-leather trashbag.

Christopher

 

Dammit, can someone check my vital statistics? Am I ill? Because once again, I really liked Christopher's work. Is it possible that Christopher has progressed as a designer? This could be the new stage in a strong fashion evolution, and I didn't think Pissy Chrissy had it in him. Anyway, I absolutely love the front and back panels. That print is fabulous. I don't think the metallic fabric is quite stiff enough to do the structured hip he wanted so the execution is less spectacular than the idea could have been. I hate the clear plastic on the upper legs, but the way the spikes on the arms seem to be floating, as if they could actually be part of her, is pretty cool, and the styling is great. He was in the middle again, but I think he must be closer to the top than the bottom, because this is another good piece.

 

Korto

I absolutely love this. It's a fabulous suit, taken somewhere amazing by the pleather (I think) binding. I love the legs completely tied. I love the swirl over the shoulder, love the belt and love the almost Leanne Marshall-esque draped pleats in the hem of the jacket. It does kinda give me the bug inspiration, and I'm starting to think this is deliberate on Korto's part that she's proving that she doesn't have to rely on colour and can do fabulous things with black. It's interesting but I find myself wanting Korto's fabulous colours, prints and textures. It certainly beats Daniel's suit with stuff added from last week (which I hated) because I haven't seen this suit before, and the stuff added isn't a cliche and doesn't look tied on. It's fabulous. It was top-worthy. But I'm longing for something with the African inspiration.