Eley Kishimoto fuk@lfw s/s 06

To state the bleeding obvious, people don't come to see Fashion Week veterans Eley Kishimoto for their groundbreaking pattern cutting. What they come for is the duo's unparalleled skill with prints. It's a talent that few others are capable of producing and a combination of colours and shapes that shouldn't work but always do. And how.

This is a collection of almost exclusively above-the-knee dresses - straight and a-line - and skirts worn with pretty blouses that have short, puffed sleeves and Peter Pan collars or boxy tops. Coloured trims in navy or red mark garment edges. The exceptions to the skirt/dress rule is a pair of 70s-looking, very high-waisted jeans and a pair of narrow trousers worn with an equally slim-fitting shirt. Accessorising was, as always, top notch with little pearl-decorated berets and large berets making these the perfect collection for a beach-side stroll, candy floss in one hand, poodle on a leash in the other.

Things looked pretty good from the knee down too. Tights and socks have been printed with bold vertical stripes and stars and slipped into shoes that include gingham mules, sandals, wedges and round-toed high heels with double ankle straps.

Words: Maia Adams. Photos: David Jones.