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Watching a Trelise Cooper collection is like eating a six-course
meal, the food keeps coming and coming and just when you think you
are full, the waiter brings yet another platter.
You cannot accuse the woman of slacking. Her Winter 2009 Runway Show lasted 25 minutes, a lot longer than the average 10 minutes seen by other designers so far this week and she packed a lot in.
The collection was split into two distinct sections - "Schools Out" and "Painted Love".
The first half was all fun with Rihanna and Flight of the Conchords blazing out from the speakers as models wearing school uniforms that would delight Ja'mie from Summer Heights High as well as garments containing sunflower motifs and a splash of paisley, first with stripes and then with poka dots.
With a quick change of backdrop and Cooper introduced us to stage two - a much more traditional, simple affair, but that's not to say it wasn't inspired.
Cooper wanted to bring us to the "villas and lake edge gardens on Lake Como in soft autumn light".
The fact Cooper sent so many different creations down the runway makes it difficult to sum up her collection.
There were simple flowing black dresses, tai-dye bright garments and turquoise one-pieces with cherry blossoms.
Occasional items failed to hit the mark such as the
multi-coloured feather effort which looked like it was left behind
by the Priscilla: Queen of the Desert musical, but that was a rare
slip in an otherwise satisfying collection.
