I'm taking this as a good omen for this wonderful brand new year: my favorite designer is drawing inspiration from one of my favorite movies, and from two of my favorite fantasies: Mermaids and Pirates.
While the pirate inspiration will take some arguments, the mermaid inspiration is pretty in your face. Specifically speaking the mermaid Madison from the 1984 "Splash". If you haven't seen it, Splash is a movie about a mermaid named Madison (Daryl Hannah) who saves Allen (Tom Hanks) from drowning as a child. Twenty something years later, Madison goes on land where she is reunited with Allen (who has no idea she's a mermaid).
There is a lot more to the movie, but "Tom Hanks" and "Mermaid" in the same sentence should have already sold it.
Anyways, for their white label look book, Wildfox has found a Madison look-alike: Pro-surfer Hanalei Reponty. Hanalei is a self proclaimed "Mermaid from the beautiful island of Tahiti" (follow her on instagram @hanaleireponty ). I've included a few of my favorite images below with scenes from "Splash" placed in-between.
"Nude Beach Bound"
I personally enjoy the less "cartoony" items that Wildfox designs, but there were plenty of loud ice cream patterns and neon fruit sweaters etc. Many of the items have a heavy hawaiian influence, such as the shorts above. While staying over in Hawaii last summer, I found a company called Wonderland Honolulu. Wonderland makes the most amazing pom-pom shorts, and while I'm sure they aren't the only ones doing it, theres are just simply perfection. Billabong has already taken up the trend and it looks like Wildfox is as well (I'm still rooting for wonderland's!)
I also picked up a heavy pirate vibe in this look book. It might not have been as in your face as the "Splash" influence, but the pictures below screamed Keira Knightley stranded on an Island with Jack to me.
So? Do you agree? Not agree? Is everyone as excited for Spring time as I am?? I'm going to go light my soy-pineapple candle and count down the days until Spring time…. Leave your thoughts and comments below
Ciao Ciao,
Kk
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