Fashion feature: Facetasm Fall 2013

image: C.Hope for Style WyldeBright, blinding lights and a pounding music set against a spiky wood structure and a bare floor, made for a barren and almost post-apocalyptic scene at the Facetasm Fall 2013 runway show.

Image: C.Hope for Style Wylde

The pieces in the collection themselves, were a eclectic mash-up of 80's punk, meets samurai, meets 1950's iconography (think old-school tattoo images on coats and sheer tops)  and a little 90's grunge thrown in for good measure.

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Sound like a lot? It was, but in the best possible way. Sure, the looks were aggressive, and wild, and maybe not for the most conservative or timid of fashion followers. But who wants conservative and timid on the runway? Not us!   The pieces were electric, they vibrated with color, print, and graphic imagery. They were all elaborately designed  with knit and leather tops paired with skirts over pants (on both the men and women), tattoo-image stamped coats, and sheer illusion panels with cartoon characters.  In short it was a wild visual feast, and it left this viewer wanting more Facetasm ASAP!

image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

image:C. Hope for Style Wylde

image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

image:C.Hope for Style Wylde

For more information on Facetasm, visit the label's official web home, and be sure to check out back with Style Wylde early next week for a full run-of-show gallery from the collection.