NATURE UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

Couture Collection, Spring/Summer 2012
The Show will take place on Tuesday 24th of January 2012 at the Couvent des Cordeliers, Paris.

For his Spring/Summer 2012 Couture collection, Basil Soda decided to break out the
microscope for a more romantic view of decoration. Building on his naturists themes
from the previous two seasons Basil decides to take his organic style a step deeper in
scope. Seemingly simple closely tailored shapes upon closer examination reveal
delicate feathering resembling the breast of a falcon. Gently peeling apart the
feathers reveals a whole new world of construction as if we examined the material
under a microscope. These new layers reveal a complicated molecular construction in
the rich tradition of Haute Couture, as if Basil decided to deconstruct and rebuild the
decoration from scratch, from the shadows of a Couture Archive.
Strands of carefully assembled dentelle are delicately pieced together and then ever
so gently twisted and arranged yielding organic, sensitive and delicate patterns. Tops
of dresses are decorated with straw–like strands of silk sting banded together and
antiqued gold metallic twigs, paired with petite grey crystal buds revealing plant–like
forms. An unadorned silk web fabric acts as an outer skin that is carefully pealed back
in places to reveal the intricately decorated inner body of the dress as if we peered
beneath our own skin.
Well tailored, subtly decorated dress tops give way to flowing light layers of wonderfully
silky dentelle and pleated georgette. Pale palettes of pink, flesh tones, light grey
and white and punctuated by sunflower yellow, cinnamon. This intelligently crafted
and sophisticated collection has a universal ode to the femininity and strengths of
every woman.