Why I chose Zandra

Out of the 4 designers that were allocated to me, Zandra Rhodes stood out to me, mainly because she is the most eccentric one. I fell in love with her designs, the bright colours and the crazy patterns and textures are so eye-catching and unique that you cannot help but appreciate how intricate her work is. I looked in to a past collection of hers from last Spring/Summer 2012 so that I could compare it with her new Spring/Summer collection this year.

These particular outfits look quite cultural and ethnic, in terms of the patterns used and the colours. The headbands around the models heads adds to this also, and you don't often see the belt-type ribbon wrapped around a model like that which adds to the cultural aspects of these pieces

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This dress keeps with the oriental theme in terms of the patterns used, the colours are brighter and a lot of pink shades are used. The pattern is very 60's themed, very floral and swirly. Rhodes keeps with the headdress theme as you can see the model wearing a flower headdress in this picture.

The collection i am going to compare the previous one with is the most recent Spring/Summer 2013 collection:

This collection is a lot more quirky and reflects more of what Rhodes represents. Her use of bright colours is a lot more apparent in this collection compared with last years. She plays around with texture a lot more too, which can be seen throughout all 3 images. What's different about this collection also is the first image, the trouser suit, I actually really like this particular outfit, it's not something I would have expected from Rhodes, as the model is wearing a bomber jacket and tight-fitted trousers. I also love the extravagant headdresses and the sun glasses worn my the models, it gives it a cool, fresh, modern vibe which I think compliments the outfits well.

So in comparison to S/S 2012, the new collection is very different to the previous year, Rhodes has become even more experimental with her designs (if that's possible) and her outfits are a lot more quirky and daring. S/S 2012 was a lot more simplistic and almost had a tribal cultural theme to it which reflected the trends at the time.