In her first solo show since 1981 and being styled by none other than Romance Was Born, you could argue that Jenny Kee’s show was one of the highlights of MBFWA 2012, if not one of the best shows all week. Pulling 30 years worth of archives Anna Plunkett and Luke Sales presented a cacophony of scarves, jewellery and clothing with a healthy dose of eucalyptus branches and native flowers thrown into the mix. Think mad cat lady that lives up the street as worn by Anna Della Russo and you get the picture.
After a week of seeing so many derivatives of Mary Kratrantzou and Dries Van Noten it was in Jenny’s show that the use of print as a signature and in turn expertly mastered, goes beyond a mere trend. Granted that Kee is pioneer of Australian fashion particularly on an international stage, but the show was exactly what you go to fashion week for: to be transported into another place of fashion fantasy.
