Publisher's Synopsis
The book shows the Jonathan SImkhai Resort collection during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia.Staged at sunset at the North Bondi Surf Life Saving Club, one of Australia's oldest surf clubs, which was founded in 1906 and reopened in 2013 after a modernist do-over by Sydney architectural firm Durbach Block Jaggers, the show and collection were inspired by what Simkhai calls the "magic hour.""When you're with someone you love and it's 5 o'clock and the sun's setting and the person you're with, their face is glowing and you have a drink in hand and you're having the best time," he explained backstage after the show. "I thought how can I make a woman feel like she can put her dress on and be in that moment?"Although not completely eschewing his trademark lace dresses, Simkhai largely focused on a more minimalist aesthetic, which included several tuxedo looks and a sports luxe vibe.A series featuring large chain eyelet embellishments looked heavy-handed, but Simkhai's plays on the sunset/sunrise color palettes of tangerine, saffron yellow, coral, magenta and ombré gradations of blues and pinks in a series of light-as-air plissé chiffon maxidresses and skirts were pretty.
