Jayson Brunsdon Fall 2008 – Creating Clothes for the Playful Side of a Woman
Jayson Brunsdon has been involved in the fashion industry for 20 years. He was first an illustrator and stylist and the creative director for an Australian fashion brand, Morrisey. Jayson’s client list includes HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark, Linda Evangelista, and Naomi Watts. His designs have been featured inUK Vogue, Marie Claire Australia, and Harper’s Bazaar Australia.
The collection is filled with a variety of all black looks with the occasional splashes of crimson red, teal, and florals, accessorized with leather finger gloves and styled with leather calf boots, and the occasional pom-poms.. Unexpectedly, red silk capes topped with the prevalent black round-top (derby) hat, turtle necks under fitted, playful bodices, courtesan gowns, poodle dresses all styled with a hint of French renaissance flair. A black feather cape is the surprise ending to Jayson’s show.
Tell us about your collection.
The collection is about love. So it’s about fun and coquettish girls, mischievous and flirtatious girls. I think it’s fine that women experience the empowerment of being feminine through something that’s kind of flirtatious and charming and mischievous. This is a very “after dark” kind of girl, too.
What do you mean by that?
The collection is all about being after dark. She’s been out too long. She’s had a good night out. There are a lot of very playful pieces, a lot of tool and a lot of pom-poms. I went to Paris in September and was really inspired by a girl in the street I saw. She had a bow and a hat on, a very cute dress, and black boots and tights. I just started thinking about Parisian
style. As an outsider looking at Paris, you sort of think about poodles and pom-poms and stuff like that. So I started thinking about pom-poms a lot. I noticed in this season there have been a lot of similarities in colors in the collections, like deep purples and banana yellow, really intense browns. There are some teal greens and teal blues. I did some purples and greens, but they haven’t hit the runway. But there’s quite a bit of black, and black and ivory as well mixed in with it.
What inspires you?
I get inspired by society and art, film, women, biographies. I always get inspired when I travel. The ideas from one collection to the next often happen the minute one collection finishes. One collection starts immediately following that. The collection is about having fun. It’s about being a naughty girl. Jayson Brunsdon’s label is available in 18 countries and more than 20 US states. For more information, visit www.jaysonBrunsdon.com.
By Kaylene Peoples
