British brand of Ekaterina Kukhareva, already perfectly known to English dandies, завоёвывает new admirers. The charming Ekaterina who given birth in Ukraine and has got education in Central St Martins, once again presented to experienced fashion-public the knitted magnificence. And, as usual, the atmosphere of a certain cultural and historical environment, whether it be Cleopatra’s era, the periods of board of Russian queens or everyday life of modern women of fashion inspires the designer on creation of amazing collections.
But AW13/14 presented on passing not so long since in Freemasons Hall London Fashion Week, is inspired with an esthetics of a way of life of very unusual character. Never removing ill-fated hair curlers, languid from never-ending morning coffee and imaginations on the "tennis" trainer «, mad» the retrohousewife – during a small party behind «day Martini» – carries away own girlfriends adherents in exotic imagined travel.
Ekaterina Kukhareva, ventured to visualize their virtual voyage, took for base the most difficult coloristic palette, connecting in its respective knitted things from viscose and wool nobility gray, regal luxury dark blue, sensuality of color of a fuchsia, passion reddish, the richest nuances violet in a combination with contrast to them the strontsianovy green, dark blue-blue, deepest olive.
From a season during a season the Ekaterina Kukhareva brand perfects skill of production of own jersey, and in the AW13/14 collection skillful placement of drawing emphasizes feminity of a silhouette. Also that in particular it is acceptable for brand production in this season, so this "setting" of plasticity of drawing on structure of dressing of ordinary lunch plates. And, naturally, in own imaginations our heroine sees itself not on another as in the most difficult ornamental ligature of the Byzantian and ottomansky tableware. This decor is used and in malekhanky tunics, bathing suits, elegant dresses «in a floor» and charming mini, in amazing baykersky jackets and in narrow dense trousers.
Easy knitted dresses with Lurex braid a body like a hookah smoke whereas woolen knee-deep in the length transfer young persons from east market on occupations to school.
And, though the retro aspect, surely, sounds in collections, but extravagant hairdresses, manicure, bags, clutches, jeweler scenery (the big hair curlers inlaid with diamant and regal over-sayz earrings!) developed Lara Jensen, appropriate to our «Cul-de-sac» to the heroine the modern drive with a quite good comic injection. Power of a jazz vocal of Peggy Lee, Etta James and Diana Ross in a soundtrack and the vital power, broadcast by color power and a decor psychedelia, put AW13/14 from Ekaterina Kukhareva, surely, in number of brighter events of last LFW.
This fashion show and to the audience, and Katya will be remembered for a long time, thanks to stunning (in direct and figurative senses) to conceptual plastic sandals of acid flowers who the real "knocked down" the model going on a podium who has fallen in a group last exit and so that it by miracle to herself did not break anything. But in remains the design clutch was scattered …
