Catherine Leon caught my eye from a simple press release that dropped into my inbox recently. As is my want I asked if I could pop in to meet her and view the current collection and whats ahead for S/S.
What you see me wearing and in the screen grabs below is from her ‘One Moment’ collection that is in store at the moment. It caught my eye because when I first saw it it just said ‘Melbourne,’ to me. It’s actually inspired by Machu Picchu and a trip that Catherine did to her homeland Peru. I loved that she’s been able to fuse the colours of somewhere so far flung, ancient and sacred into a collection that to me translates easily onto the streets of Melbourne.
Above in the animated .GIF(which always makes me feel like I’ve acheived something HUGELY important when I make one, sort of like when Dale from The Castle dug a hole) I’m wearing the ‘Napoleon’ coat which has been a big seller and I can understand why.
There is a sneak peek of the up coming S/S ’12 collection below that is dropping in store soon, and Catherine will be showing at Melbourne Spring Fashion Week in September. Expect plenty more to come from this amazing Melbourne designer who is one of my new favs!
