Colin Horgan SS14

Recently I had the great pleasure of seeing Colin Horgan's SS14 show and meeting the man himself as part of Dublin Fashion Festival. The show was held on South William Street in Dublin, neighbouring Powerscourt Townhouse among other little fashion havens. Any reader (including myself) would question, how the hell a girl with no contacts as such would get her smitten little paws on tickets to a show? My answer? Twitter. 

A quick tweet or two expressing your love for a select chiffon piece or a structured leather jacket may seem like an easy way to bag some Horgan tickets but it is exactly that, that led me to become... dare I say it ''twitter buds'' (CRINGE) with Colin. So there you have it, don't be afraid to praise those up and coming fashion designers. They need all the praise they can get from us bloggers, as media coverage in Ireland today, isn't exactly the most fruitful.

Colin's show consisted of a very ethereal and attainable atmosphere. It was a show with no hustle and bustle, you could sit back and watch the garments from sports luxe to slick chic pass you without having to search for the fine detail of what colour thread he used, or question why garments were structured in the way presented. The clothes just existed in themselves and told their own story. That may sound like a somewhat bazaar concept, but each piece was individual, yet the whole show carried the same thread with variations of hues and shapes.

The sports luxe trend could be labelled as over done, as year after year it seems to pop back up but never seems to entirely catch on in high street stores. It's the luxe, that high street stores seem to miss out on, legging and beanies aside (yes I'm a culprit). Colin has put a new surface to sports luxe with mixing different fabrics and keeping the sports element fresh with bursts of orange or blue but keeping it uniform and slick basing it on a monochromatic theme.

Colin's inspo for the collection was from the film The Place Beyond the Pines, he explains
''I was drawn to the character Romina and her struggle to move on in life by herself.  Rebuilding and reinforcing the open areas that are constantly left raw leaves pain as she tries to remain strong''. This explanation transfers poignantly and beautifully in Colin's collection.

 

Colin Horgan is currently studying a BA in Fashion Design in the Limerick School of Art and Design. He has interned with Johanna Pihl in Stockholm, and has worked with Danish designer David Andersen in Copenhagen. Colin Horgan is a menswear and womenswear fashion label, with awards like the KFW One to Watch 2013 among others to his name. His menswear was triumphantly introduced at the Vodafone DIT Fashion Show, where it made  the final 10 out of of 43 other designers being the only menswear to make it to the final.

To find out more about Colin Horgan click here, for his facebook page click here, or for his twitter click here.