Basso and Brooke Spring/Summer 2011 collection at London Fashion Week

The designer duo’s, Bruno Basso & Christopher Brooke, collection is where’ bleeding edge techno-fusion meets dusty hand scribbled antiquity’.

 Digital prints of handwritten notes by Da Vinci, Tolstoy, Balzac and others.....

....mix with vintage florals and topography. 

 Prints of suede,....

....tweed and leather add digital texture to the smoother silks, cotton and gabardine.

Prim and proper necklines juxtapose with short flirty skirt lengths – long sleeved shirts buttoned to the top were worn with short swing skater skirts.......

....and mini shift dresses wore their necklines high.

 Black and white multi tonal graduating stripes look striking as peg leg pants......

....and capes.

The neutral colour palette of earthy tones and pale dusty pastels is giving a jolt.....

.....with electric blues and bright oranges joining the prints either as panels or the main piece.