miami swim fashion week: a. ché
(images via mbfwms)
as has been deemed all but a must this miami swim fashion week, amanda ché’s spring 2012 collection under her a. ché swimwear label based in calabasas, california opted for a tribal theme complete with the crucial animal prints we’ve seen on practically every catwalk, from white sands australia to cia marítima and aguaclara to sonia vera.
as the mbfwms site informs us, “animals and exotic elements are the inspiration” for the range. and in-keeping with the indigenous themes so popular this season (and allowing for some of the best styling of the event), the designer splashed stripes of tribal- or war-paint across the faces, chests, and legs of her models, while allowing their hair (whether pulled back or falling free) to billow about voluminously, their wild curls forming thick manes, seventies style.
as the site liv lux mag explains, ms. ché kept with the theme by naming her prints such tie-ins as ‘fatal charm’ and ‘into the wild,’ while the motifs included tiger stripes, leopard spots, snakeskin, jungle abstracts, and butterflies. however, unlike some of her predecessors on opt, the designer was a little wary lest things get too loud, incorporating quite a few monochromatic suits as well (or mis-matched bikinis, a la poko pano). for these, darker colours prevailed: olive, black, chocolate, deep purple, and teal.
interestingly, as the mbfwms site points out, “(e)very solid color matches back to a print,” thus probably increasing the likelihood that customers might buy multiple pieces and mix them together. and indeed, though that might suggest the a. ché runway was ruled by bikinis, quite a number of fetching one-piece suits, monokinis, and even downright conservative cover-ups were featured (the latter of which mbfwms notes were only introduced this year and are made of modal).
cut-outs, a major trend for the season, were everywhere, while other presentation embellishments included beading, ruching, and the occasional bits of hardware; however, in spite of its sultry theme, ms. ché was much less intentionally sexy than others at the event, giving her girls stately necklaces so that they appeared much as tribal queens, attending some ritual in their usual garb, revealing but requisite, as if they don’t notice their own bodies any longer, so comfortable are they in them.
it was a success. one gets the feeling ms. ché has spent much of her life on the beach (or in the water), and while she was certainly attuned to the trends and needs of her customers, she didn’t seem to feel the pull to overly-accentuate her suits, instead letting the intriguing cuts and patterns do the talking (and never over-embellishing, as has been the most frequent faux pas of the week). to be sure, her customers will be among the sexiest girls in suits come next summer, but they’ll be that much cooler for their insouciance of just being, and not particularly trying.
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