>> @£*__!(£*@!!I'm in TOKYO!!@**&$)£@@!$$
I thought that small announcement warranted some keyboard symbol diarrhea. This would have been a bogstandard "Look! I'm HERE!" post coupled with some unfortunate snaps that were taken a little hastily as it was pouring down with rain on us, but there is one mighty saving grace. It came down to Meadham Kirchhoff's S/S 11 red silk polka dot dress that has been gathered and stitched up in all sorts of beautiful ways that comes with a matching Peter Pan tie-up collar and coral lace-edged slip, and very handily landed into my suitcase for this Asia-bound trip. a) I wanted to pack as many pretty natural fibre-made pieces in as possible anticipating the climate and b) I sort of knew I'd be walking around feeling like a gawky ball of awkwardness in amongst Kawaii girls and this is such a delicate dress that it almost commands for you to be nothing but careful and composed. That reflects the physical state of the dress. The "dirty/pretty" undertones of Meadham Kirchhoff's thinking for the dress have already been shoddily dissected many times on the blog (mainly here for A/W 11-12 and here for S/S 11) but it's the contrast between innocent polka dots and lace-trimming and the warping of silk that makes for a dress that goes beyond being beautiful in construction. There's a ruckus of fun still to be had in this dress after rainy Tokyo but for now, it's off a bevy of hidden shops, sticker machines, YEN to GBP calculations and of course, more belly-filling action...
(Meadham Kirchhoff dress with matching slip and collar worn with Whistles jumper, Miu Miu bag, Church's brogues and black socks)
