charlie may is an one of the really talented young designer based in london I recommend from the bottom of my heart. she did undergone of experiences of intern at thomas tait and louise goldin. and her blog called girl a la mode has known as one of top fashion blog uk. you can recognize her sophisticated aesthetics through this blog I think. I forgot when and how I knew her. but last collection ; SS13 was also beautiful collection without deviation. I'd like to send an applause to her new aw13 collection which held at 17th during london fashion week. not only on picture plane and superficial beauty of looks, these collection makes us reaffirm the power of the " less is more ". and you may know how she is perfectionist through her blog. and I think her style in black and white mainly has a lots of growth in how to use a material and tone and tailoring and skill of cutting on theme which raised for each season. for this aw13 collection, her chosen theme is volcano.
she expressed a magma, smoke mixed with volcanic ash and tuff and so on in tone something like smoky black and white and blackish bordeaux, red like burning kill and grey of mudstone and oxblood. and she used a material kind of like ostrich, pony skin leather. and remarkable point is that pieces she created is very wearable in everything, especially suited with layering style something like white on white, and the gradation of monochrome color. and not only that, her sophisticated aesthetic are representing to accessories on shape of the bag, clutch bag. particularly the bag of first look is must buy I think. definitely it can do a good roles in your styling of wardrobe. as the person who prefer black and white and the aesthetic of less is more, I strongly would like to push her as actors of new generation of high-brand and this fashion era. the reason why I recommend this brand and her something like this is that basically almost young designer are not representing what they want to do and what they want to be in their own fashion brand as the direction. and on the point which needs to show it on the visualize it on their creation and on opportunity. these point is an one of important point to become a success in fashion, and all of tools called creation something like an art, film, painting, photography, graphic, whatever. talented person who will get success inevitably I think. but I hope to introduce it as soon as possible to everyone and person who has true aesthetic sense. the important thing in make something new is to be a stoic and love it by themselves and don't care how people watch me and how I'm watched. concentrate to things you do and go to the destination of curiosity.
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words : Souichiro Ota
