Antonio is now a regular off-schedule name, this being his sixth show to date. The catwalk was inside a simple white shop, a short walk from the main London Fashion Week venue. Despite a limited budget, it had been set out well with clear lighting and easy seating. In fact, so many people wanted to get in, the organisers decided to stage a subsequent second performance.
The clothes centre around Antonio's outrageously wild and colourful prints. He's been working with digital printing techniques and created 80s style blouson jackets with extra puffy arms, short tunic dresses, batwing sleeved tops and powerful black Batman-like cape dresses. Black and white motor racing checks, delicate flowers and abstract shapes all appear in the same print.
If Margot Leadbetter drank Red Bull and vodka, she'd wear Antonio. There are Ossie Clark influences with even some of the shorter pieces flowing like long, 70s gowns. Very dramatic with awe-inspiring prints. Catch him now before Pucci lures him in-house
