From styling points that didn’t miss a beat, to the sheer level of technique Hicks offered in presenting considered, polished silhouettes. It was the kind of show that leaves you feeling restored. A favourite look saw this technique paired with a sheer organza button down shirt and matching silk pants. The fabric was rendered in long, tasseled sashes that were bound around waistlines and left long to move with bodies. Silks were introduced in the form of printed scarves that later turned into classic button downs, some with open shoulders and expert draping.
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No uncomfortable heels holding them back, the ease and grace of the ESSE woman was captured from the first exit, a classic beige trench that can be completely unbuttoned down the back and patch worked back together with its black counterpart seen further along the runway. Throughout a season where basics have been championed as runway pieces, the ESSE editions struck a perfect balance between tapping into the things you want to wear every day, and creating an atmosphere that makes you feel excited about wearing it.Īs the rain pattered down onto the partially-glass ceiling of Bennelong, models floated onto the runway. Instead, pieces that we have always known and loved as part of the ESSE DNA were seen worked back with newness that was excitedly gulped down like a refreshing drink. In a landscape where newness is flocked to like birds travelling with the seasons, Hicks is making a very deliberate point to practice restraint in this regard. This idea, that one might hold a runway show with core pieces that have always existed within the brand, is one of the ways Hicks is marching to the beat of her own drum.
It's really all about the ethos of the pieces that you've already invested in, how the new stuff works back with that.” So it's a mix of the past and the present and the future. “I'm not saying it's a resort show,” Hicks says from a FaceTime at her studio a week out from her first ever show at the helm of her own brand.
For ESSE founder and designer Charlotte Hicks, whose debut runway show for AAFW was held at Bennelong Restaurant, the show wouldn’t have happened without the sentiment of sustainability carried through.
Across the globe, the five days in each city are some of the biggest for local designers, but with countless shows comes mass waste, and holding a show, for the brands who are going the distance, must look slightly different if they are to uphold their core values.
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