{"id":138565,"date":"2023-09-19T14:43:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T13:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=138565"},"modified":"2023-09-19T20:02:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:02:20","slug":"matty-bovan-peek-into-the-party-its-inside-out-ss24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.centmagazine.co.uk\/?p=138565","title":{"rendered":"Matty Bovan; Peek into The Party, It’s Inside-Out SS24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There are moments in life when you take stock and realize; Wow I’m here living this feeling, this experience. You may be one of only a handful of people who are also there in that moment; Not only do you deeply drink in the moment, but you store it, ingrained into your soul. Why? Because in a true creative moment, you feel <\/em>the creator, their work is like their soul worn on a sleeve for all to view. Here it was appliqued in crochet, tulle, and crystal organza, where Matty Bovan exposed his very soul for SS24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo Credit: <\/em>Rebecca Maynes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the lightwell of St Martin’s in the Field on Saturday the 16th of September at 8 pm designer Matty Bovan presented his SS24 collection to a handful of fashion people all with bated breath. He did not disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This season he was inspired by American party dresses, rooted in the 1980s, but totally reimagined, chopped up, and rebirthed. Sheared lurex, crystal organza, plastic, sequins, and crochet didn’t just adorn the body but almost sashayed across giving an altered silhouette to the frame of each person walking the show. Each piece in its own way became a walking sculpture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bright almost lurid in colour, glitter, pattern, and applique almost as though each add-on was like a waterfall frill, crisscrossing each other as they lay over yet another draped sequin under-sheath. Some tops were also worn with skinny ‘leggings’ Yes the 80s were present, think vibrant, vital puffballs on acid, or leg of mutton sleeves, seemingly drunk and offset, bigger than a head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But just breathe and look a little closer, underneath the drama of layers of tulles and textures see inside a corseted construction sitting on the body, the skeleton if you like, exposed, and emotionally raw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That was the ‘moment’ of realization that this is not just about viewing the outfits, the show, the glamour, the models, but the glimpse into the true backbone of Matty as a creative. Here was the very core of what Matty had built upon as if by exposing those sheaths he was exposing his soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes the glam and glare of multi-colour 80s party dresses on acid, as if David Lynch had somehow been let loose in the design studio and had infiltrated his mind, and left him with almost Artist Christo and Jeanne-Claude<\/a>-style draped buildings for catwalk exits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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