Basso and Brooke Print Magic
February 17, 2005 | Senay TOPCUOGLU
Englishman Christopher Brooke, 29, an illustrator, and 25-year-old Bruno Basso, a Brazilian designer, are the inaugural winners of last years Fashion Fringe.
They won £100,000 worth of support, a manufacturing deal with AEFFE, free marketing, PR, a studio space, show sponsorship and a guaranteed selling space in Harvey Nichols to start them off on in their business. In return they must show in London for five years.
Why did they win? Their clothes are bold, inventive, sexy and totally unique. These guys make sexy clothes covered with intricately detailed engineered prints. Each pattern they produce is designed with a print in mind, making the finished product a bespoke piece, and in a way, a fashion work of art.
According to Harvey Nichols Buying Director Averyl Oates the collection that won them Fashion Fringe is already selling well at about $1000 for a blouse or dress.
Their debut show as proper designers had it all going on. A soundtrack that rattled the ribcage, models with dominatrix hair and glossy red lips loving every minute, and an expectant crowd waiting to see what London's newly anointed talent would present.
The seventy pieces, consisting of expertly tailored curvy jackets, slim trousers, puff shouldered tunics, blouses, dramatic dresses and capes, owed their drama to Gaultier, Versace and Zandra
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