http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/ Home of Haute Magazine Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:02:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/comment-page-1/#comment-2995 Leanette Pretorius Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:32:04 +0000 http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/#comment-2995 Wow wow wow!!! From beginning to end a highly professional, well thought out collection. The pieces are pure fantasy and yet so wearable. The fabric choices and colours are beautiful and unique. It makes me proud to be South African! Wow wow wow!!! From beginning to end a highly professional, well thought out collection. The pieces are pure fantasy and yet so wearable. The fabric choices and colours are beautiful and unique. It makes me proud to be South African!

]]> http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/comment-page-1/#comment-1821 Sue Beele Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:05:04 +0000 http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/#comment-1821 Wonderful and amazing, innovative designs. Wonderful and amazing, innovative designs.

]]> http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/comment-page-1/#comment-242 Audi Johannesburg Fashion Week. March 5th, 08 - Day ONE. | FashionAfrica.com Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:02:57 +0000 http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/#comment-242 [...] Wow! This red-haired (make that dreadlocked) fashion veteran has just become ur new FFD (favourite fashion designer).  This woman not only knows what a collection is, she knows how to put together a brilliant, breathtaking show and tell a story through her clothing. Starting off with her signature introduction - fairy dressed children, in this case, wearing mini-versions of the designs to come, Fassler’s collection was inspired by Cape Town born Marlene Dumas, who specializes in distorting portraits of people, life and expressionism in watercolours and ink. Each design took from elements of Dumas’ work, as well as being a social commentary. Fassler did what many designers have not (at least not yet) been able to do - evolve that which is intrinsically South African into something that could walk anywhere in the world, yet still be authentic. Shweshwe (Xhosa ethnic print textile) went bling and fantastical with her colourful embroidery on the huts and face patterns on the fabric. The Venda culture was sampled with colourful, fairy-like chiffon skirts with soft pleats, each layer showing a different hue. The overall theme of Fassler’s collection (in my humble interpretation) was fantasy and fairytale - a quest to boast our femininity in all its wiles and wildness - from leopard print leggings under tassled skirts with broderie-anglaise to high waisted inverted goddess gowns and the LBD (long black dress) with an A-line tassled bottom and florid bodice. Fassler interpreted winter not only in textile use and design, but in colour - the illusion of being warm through wearing warm colours. See more from her collection on the designers section of FashionAfrica.com or Click HERE [...] [...] Wow! This red-haired (make that dreadlocked) fashion veteran has just become ur new FFD (favourite fashion designer).  This woman not only knows what a collection is, she knows how to put together a brilliant, breathtaking show and tell a story through her clothing. Starting off with her signature introduction – fairy dressed children, in this case, wearing mini-versions of the designs to come, Fassler’s collection was inspired by Cape Town born Marlene Dumas, who specializes in distorting portraits of people, life and expressionism in watercolours and ink. Each design took from elements of Dumas’ work, as well as being a social commentary. Fassler did what many designers have not (at least not yet) been able to do – evolve that which is intrinsically South African into something that could walk anywhere in the world, yet still be authentic. Shweshwe (Xhosa ethnic print textile) went bling and fantastical with her colourful embroidery on the huts and face patterns on the fabric. The Venda culture was sampled with colourful, fairy-like chiffon skirts with soft pleats, each layer showing a different hue. The overall theme of Fassler’s collection (in my humble interpretation) was fantasy and fairytale – a quest to boast our femininity in all its wiles and wildness – from leopard print leggings under tassled skirts with broderie-anglaise to high waisted inverted goddess gowns and the LBD (long black dress) with an A-line tassled bottom and florid bodice. Fassler interpreted winter not only in textile use and design, but in colour – the illusion of being warm through wearing warm colours. See more from her collection on the designers section of FashionAfrica.com or Click HERE [...]

]]> http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Eniola Sat, 08 Mar 2008 19:17:36 +0000 http://www.fashionafrica.com/designers/marienne-fassler/#comment-130 I love most of this collection. The pieces all have personality + strong individual characters. Truly complete, each one. I love most of this collection. The pieces all have personality + strong individual characters. Truly complete, each one.

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