Ashley Isham Spring/Summer 2015

For SS15 Ashley Isham turns to the legendary and exotic dancer Mata Hari for his inspiration.

Delicately hand crafted and hand draped the collection boasts soft sinuous draping. Gold embellishments represent Mata Hari love of all that glitters and her dazzling dancing career in Paris.

Isham concentrates on the rich liquid silk jersey fabrics accentuating the female form and creating fluidity and grace as the model moves.

Accents of raspberry and vibrant blue brought refined pops of colour to the long evening gowns....

....whilst the short kaftan style cocktail dresses sparkled ostentatiously with sequins.

For daywear, Isham dressed his Mata Hari in diaphanous gauzy tops with floral embellishments.

.. and envisaged her wearing colourful and show stopping floral print swimsuits with deep plunging necklines.

Executed as a spy, Isham gowns shows her guarded side with leather armour like belts and her mysterious persona with grid visors and a plunging tailored gown revealing sequin shorts underneath.