Showing posts with label Babooshka. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Babooshka. Show all posts

Monday, 7 May 2012

THE FUTURE OF FOLK


Alice McCall SS12/13 Review



As the fash-pack filed into The Tent ahead of Alice McCall's much anticipated SS12/13 showing, I couldn't help but feel nervous at the prospect of the Eastern European themed collection, entitled 'Babooshka'. After all, the journey aesthetic is a well-beaten path riddled with cultural tokenism (read: ethnic inspired headresses and bindis), sentimentalist nostalgia and cheesy Hollywood film adaptions.