A colour palette of white, navy, gold, oyster grey, orange and pale peach were all part of Alice McCall's Spring/Summer 2013/2014 collection taking inspiration from art noveau jewellery and botanical illustrations that are truly intricate. Lucky for McCall her expertise in the likes of cut out lace, appliqués and customised printing all brought together the vision of jewellery, ocean and botany.

McCall not only conveyed her inspirations thoughtfully and precisely, she also mixed this season key trends within this gorgeously cohesive collection - From the likes of sheer fabrics, oversized shapes, pleating, the hue of the moment navy, metallic tweed, flares, trumpet skirts, crop tops and frills. Not only was the collection bursting at the seams with the latest trends but the key looks were utterly jaw dropping. Navy and white cut work illustrated leather shell tops, sheer sunray pleated mini dresses that gracefully fell from the waist, maxi dresses with oversized appliqués, shorts and tunic tops detailed with frills and cut work bodices. Japanese organza and silk was worked in ways that looked like a magician waved a magic wand over the material - Used to create a lightness to the sculptural pieces and transparent layers acted like pretty outer shells - Then balanced with elusive beading or solid luxurious leather. Another stand out was the fluctuation between graphics from the overly pretty to the darker hues that lines were highlighted in contrasting shades of grey, navy, white and orange.

MBFWA: Alex Perry Spring/Summer 2013/2014

The Mercedes Benz Fashion Week Australia in Sydney has started with a BANG! The first day consisting of We Are Handsome, Aurelio Costarella, one of my favourite brands Bec & Bridge, Camilla & Marc, Romance Was Born and of course red carpet designer royalty Alex Perry.

The backdrop was the loading docks at Carriageworks when the sun is at its highest in the Australian sky and no doubly Alex Perry did not fail to impress - Show stopping gowns, gorgeously appliquéd French lace and what Mr Perry never ceases to bring to the collections embellished evening wear and bridal dresses. However something a little new for Mr Perry a younger women is in his sights, as a young Hollywood starlet Phoebe Tonkin said "All the lengths are short-about mid length - and I want to wear it all." The shorter hemlines resulted in showing plenty of skin and the ultra sultry knee high boot especially made by Tony Bianco for the show (now available for pre order on Tony Bianco's website)

Perry's Spring/Summer 2013/14 collection had plenty to lust over - affectionate baby doll dresses in an array of silk and lace. Some dresses even had the signature Perry corsetry to amplify the detail and shape of the dress even more. An array of hues was amongst the stimulating youthful collection - Bright yellows, bold blacks, stark whites, splashes of metallic shine and neutral nudes. I can say that I want to have the chance to wear EVERYTHING from this collection: Ready to wear pieces to the most exquisite of red carpet worthy gowns. Metallic silver shorts that can be worn with a crisp white peplum jacket, black skinny trousers teamed with a simple black scooped neck singlet, white lace long sleeved crop with black detailing put together with a black high waisted skater skirt and finished with thigh high lace up nude Tony Bianco shoes and I can't forget to mention the gowns! An exposed zipper against a bold black dress with an almost leather looking top half and a split that comes creeping up the thigh of the model, black lace against a sheer panel exposing the chest of the model and a thigh split that lets the material move at ease as she struts down the catwalk or how about the white lace long sleeved evening gown with a gorgeous contrast of black and yellow. I could go on and on about how much I just love this collection, it is by far one of my all time favourite Alex Perry collections - With that said I applaud you Mr Perry and I am beyond excited to see what the rest of MBFWA has install!