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Juliette Hogan winter
o7: “your catwalk or mine?” stacey gregg's blog. 3pm post Juliette Hogan's salon show Ohmygod! I want to be a Park Avenue Princess! Juliette Hogan’s show was a homage to the New York girls of the Upper East Side. She sent out a polished and pretty collection that included grey flannel baby doll dresses, button-fronted pencil skirts and a stormy blue swing coat with enormous buttons and a yoked neck. The collection was wearable and wonderful. Think Breakfast at Tiffanys done in a modern, fresh way with lots of volume rather than pencil-thin proportions. “I was totally thinking about New York when I designed the range,” Hogan told me later backstage. “I spent time studying there and I knew that some New York buyers would be here – so I’m so glad that you got it"! view runway reporter - summary & slideshow |
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kate hannah - show summary
Juliette Hogan’s winter 2007 collection “Your catwalk or mine?” was a gorgeous confection of deceptively ladylike dresses and separates that provided one of my own personal favourites at 2006 Air New Zealand Fashion Week. The empire lines and muted palate of the collection, combined with the use of ballet pink opaques, gave the garments a girlishness that was heightened by the girlish swing to the models’ walks. These clothes were ladylike but a little dangerous, with beautiful detailing that gave them a classic edge. Dresses with gathered empire yokes, a classic Jackie Kennedy jacket cropped into an almost bolero, man-style pants combined with a thin floral belt – these juxtapositions worked well and made for a look that was both demure and sexy. The key shape for the season is the tulip skirt – Hogan’s was beautifully high-waisted, worn with a lovely cami – eminently wearable and very flattering. She also included in the collection the classic pencil skirt and a lovely full circle skirt that emphasised the ballet motif present in the entire collection. The detailing of the pieces was outstanding, revealing Hogan’s knowledge of fashion history and her ability to play with motifs from other eras. I loved a gorgeous oyster stain cocktail frock that seemed to be channelling Audrey Hepburn (pictured above) and other elements of the collection paid tribute to such style icons as Jackie Kennedy, Twiggy and Marilyn Monroe. Perhaps the key feature of Hogan’s collection was its combination of beauty and utility: there were lots of gorgeous dresses, but also many coats – it is the winter 2007 collection after all – and the coats seem to be Hogan’s way of including a more severe look that counteracts the femininity of those dresses. The coats, while differing from each other, were all part of a military aesthetic that conjured up another icon of the 60s – Julie Christie in Lean’s Dr Zhivago. Juliette Hogan’s winter 2007 collection drew upon several of the motifs that were displayed in other shows; particularly the styles of the later 50s and early 60s, but her individual way with colour and cut ensured that Hogan’s collection is delightful and very wearable. I look forward to buying many of the pieces. kirsten mcfarlane designer Juliette Hogan minds her manners
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