Written by Uri Shub. Photography by Cassandra Mayers.
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I Love Pacha I Love Fashion delivered a fashion extravaganza for a packed house of 1000 chic clubbers, offering cherry loads of designs and visual marvels. The designers included Grace Bardin, established British Haute Couture designer, Hayley Marsden, the most sought after, vibrant hat designer in the UK and SO-B, the fastest growing Jewellery brand in Norway.
First up was Grace Bardin with a breathtaking collection of haute couture dresses. The dresses included long silk and satin creations with magnificent featherlike shoulder frills and plumes, hugging the models perfectly and sections of bunched material for playful effect.
Grace Bardin's collection of haute couture dresses presented at Pacha. Jewellery by SO-B.
The Grace Bardin dresses were masterfully cut, with tulip like curves around the legs for regal effect and featured double folds of lace with embodied patterns designed to perfection. The red silk and black dresses flowed in wave like symmetry with true flamboyance, often with gown cuts caressing the catwalk. Masterful touches included silk lapelled blouses adorned with shoulder frills, extravagant waist ties, cloths with sparkling silver effects and the all important elbow length, silver and lace gloves complimenting the regal creations. Grace is a force to be reckoned with. Her astonishing ability to combine the best of traditional elegance alongside the bold modernism of the 21st century is a feat of immense creative vision.
Grace Bardin's collection of haute couture dresses presented at Pacha. Jewellery by SO-B.
Grace Bardin's wedding bride and groom finale, complimented by Hayley Marsden's 'Cinderella Hat'.
Grace Bardin topped the show with a wedding bride and groom finale, elegance to ignite the passions and of all for a perfect marriage symbolised by beauty and grandeur. The unconventional finale was a true showstopper. The bride and groom were exquisite. The designs magical, capturing the beauty of a marriage ceremony with immense power. All to the backdrop of superb House classics.
Hayley Marsden’s exclusive PACHA Clubbing themed hat collection followed. The ingenuity of each and every hat was truly breathtaking. The hats were made from moulded vinyl records, cleverly curved Perspex and sparkling decorations. Never has a hat made from a record been worn and been made to look so good. Cherries also featured heavily in tune with PACHA’s international emblem.
Hayley Marsden presents exclusive PACHA Clubbing themed hat collection. Jewellery by SO-B.
Hayley Marsden's cutting edge hat igniting the passions of any CD mixing digital junkie.
The cleverly crafted PVC hats had futuristic twists and turns, and laser cut edges shining in the bright lights. The see-through orange, reds and blues of the Perspex were super-modern avant-garde creations, bold and free and above all unique. The materials cast colourful lights on the models faces. One hat stood out from the rest, a hat made of about 30 CDs carefully arranged in a flat plane which sat slanting at an angle reflecting the lights and club lasers, a truly cutting edge hat for the purist of digital excess igniting the passions of any CD mixing digital junkie. This insanely beautiful hat captured the energy of reflection and circular form, which Hayley has proved so well can be achieved with almost any material.
In the grand finale Hayley not only complimented the haute couture wedding dress but topped it with elegance and class. Hayley delighted the revellers with her 'Cinderella Hat', a hat so beautiful that women in the audience were stunned. The Cinderella hat was adorned by flowers, silk white and cream roses, and showered with Swarovski crystals; the rose stems were wrapped with silk ribbons and the effect was a fairy tale crowning glory fit for a princess on her wedding day. This hat showed Hayley’s versatility as a creative force. Her ability to transform conceptual perfection into tangible reality is second to none and the pictures speak for themselves.
With hats and dresses to delight nothing could have been better than the sparkle of this immense collection of Jewellery, with its intricate patterns and menacing silver skulls giving the feeling of rediscovered buried treasure from the chests of Nordic seafaring Kings and Queens. SO-B's work is rich with beauty and sublime medieval graces. The necklaces and headpieces were a fine compliment adorning the gorgeous models on the catwalk.
An exclusive photo shoot followed with plenty of drinking in VIP. A networking buzz ensued as the designers, models, stylists, photographers, film crews and PR Gurus celebrated the show’s success with Club Exclu organisers Vanessa Horca and Uri Shub.