Daring to be different is paying big dividends for Salasai with its shows getting consistently stronger each season. To a driving sound track, the latest lifted the sagging spirits of a big crowd at the Hilton's convention space.
After three days of seeing rather too many variations on a theme, it was refreshing to be surprised.
Designer Kirsha Whitcher took a bold approach with a number of garments featuring contrasting sleeves and collars. A man's jacket front came half white, half black and a shirt was bone coloured at the front, white at the back and had a black rimmed patch pocket.
Camel and black also teamed up in knits which featured an arm in one shade and the opposite another. For women teal twinned with black in a jacket with collar contrast.
This was an equal opportunity outing, with a good number of strong designs for both men and women, though the men did end up on top. They even got the chance to stride out in grey kilts, both long and short, the short worn over skinny trousers.
