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Ben De Lisi was a show of highs and lows. He experimented a great deal with textures, not straying far from a palette of metallic gold (oh so much gold), fuchsia and malachite. Many watchful eyes took a double glimpse at a gold leopard print dress. This was a low. His collection was equipped with stand-alone’s such as a matte jersey dress with long ruched sleeves in a muted purple. His signature long dresses were also in full effect, dominated by foiled lace, sequined tulle and in a range of necklines and colours. Belted coats and ballooned hems also made appearances. The make-up was quite simple with a ruby stained lip and the hair pulled plainly off the face and placed into a long braided bun at the back. “…Think of one-thousand Chinese lanterns illuminating the
blackest of nights,” he says of the collection. It was more like one thousand ideas rolled into 15 minutes. Overall many of De Lisi’s pieces would have looked great on their own, but too much metallic gold, foiled lace and chiffon (for one look mind you) makes for bad interpretation.

MARQUITA HARRIS