More Pleats Please

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I was peeing with excitement that I couldn‚Äôt even wait for good digital images to come through and had to scan the look sheet instead (only to find that the images are up online of sorts…) but Mattijs Van Bergen‚Äôs first ready to wear collection for AW08-9 since his graduate collection which was packed full of those pleated deets that I keep on harping on about, is simply amazing.  Thank goodness for this collection, he‚Äôs continued going mad with his ‚Äòpleats deets‚Äô and when I saw it in the showroom yesterday, yes, a bit of gratuitous pleat-petting went on.  It isn‚Äôt all superfluous pleats in pastel colours though as there are several distinct strands going on in the collection where you have a darker subdued look going on that concentrates on well-shaped separates, coats and sleek dresses.    Then you have candy-cane striped pastel confections with all the different components of fabric contrast, circular pleats, gold hardware and colour blocking coming together in a neat mish-mash (yes, neat mish-mashes do exist!). 

In person, the pieces are even more intricate and beautiful than my shoddily scanned images portray so a stockist for this 1 year-post-grad designer would be marvellous.   

27 comments

  1. I love texture and these definitely look touch-worthy. The second last photo is especially appealing with the variety of pleats and fabrics – very lush! And the dress, yum.

  4. Im dribbling over the pleated trench. This stuff is making me go weak at the knees. Hopefully we will be seeing this on sale at Brittique maybe..

  6. Oooh how I love that pink and gold dress! I like the two-toned pink dress with the gold belt as well.

  12. PINKGOLDDRESSMENOWPLEASE! holy mother. when you find a stockist for this fellow can you please post it??? i don’t even know if i can wait that long, i really don’t.

  14. that coat in the far left of your post! Its amazing you find these designers I have never heard of and then proceed to show the most amazing designs to me – thanks susie once again (:

  15. I love the simple pleated dresses, but I’m intrigued by the pleated adornments, like on the last shirt. Gorgeous work!

  16. I’m totally loving pleats so I’m with you on this one. I recently got a vtg yellow pleat dress from eBay and I can’t till it gets warmer so I can wear it and post pictures on my blog.

  19. The gold pleated hardware is such a lovely compliment, no? Glad everyone is loving Mattijs…. so excited and if I do spot a stockist, I’m def. gonna report back here.

  25. my favourite boutique http://www.rousiland.com currently exclusively stocks Mattijs’ debut collection and they tell me they have already snapped up some of the key pieces from his AW08/9 collection! I am definitely getting that coral dress. stunning.

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