South African born fashion designer Alexis Barrell has lived
and worked in many cities around the world and her next stop is London. And to be more precise – the ultra chic Bluebird
Emporium in Chelsea on the Kings Road.
Alexis love of travel shows in her collections with SS11
sailing around the Cycladic islands and AW11/12 taking in the culture of
Parisian theatres.
For her SS12 collection she is talking Italian and takes
inspiration from the romantic city of Naples – a love story set in the messy,
chaotic town of Naples
The colour palette is ice cream sorbet colours of mint,
peach, vanilla, coffee and a touch of chocolate.
The style has a 1950’s feel with high waist full skirts and
heart shaped necklines
For her print inspiration she travels north to the Venetian
island of Murano and looks at the intricate designs of Murano glass especially
in the 1950s era.
The sculptural forms are inspired by Italian
mid-century lightening design with its simple geometric lines, cone shapes and
fun space age atomic styles embellishments.
Alexis’ speciality is the construction of very light floaty
and delicate fabrics which she sometimes likes to combine with the harder
tougher fabric of leather.
Prices range from £120 to £600 and her collection will be
available from mid Feb
More images of her collection on www.alexisbarrell.com
Alexis studied architecture in Cape Town, achieved a
distinction in fashion design at the Istituto Marangoni in Paris and then
perfected the art of draping with bias-cut silks and seamless forms under the
guidance of couturier Marc Bouwer in New York.
In 2010 she founded her own label in Greece.
Future designs will include menswear pieces and a capsule
African luxury collection.
Image provided by Spring-London PR
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