Looking for a more “dark romance” about your clothing this autumn? Zuhair Murad has just made all your bohemian gothic fantasies come true.

Sultry and seductive, the dark florals of passed loved ones cling to tailored dresses whilst velvet, lace and leather grace this collection with a dark romantic optimism. If you’re not feeling particularly dark one day, that’s fine, Murad has fixed us up with these wondrously opulent bohemian silhouettes in an array of colours. Deep turquoise, blood red, the dark pink of a rose and amethyst purple boast the same twilight mystery. Whatever the colour, these garments are giving us a seductive enchantress, a bewilderingly elegant countess, and we couldn’t be more entranced.

Embroidery complements tailored leather and suede jackets, nipped in at the waist for a desirable silhouette.Detailed lapels, trousers, dresses, this collection doesn’t shy away from intricate embellishment. Sheer mesh combined with sequined and beaded patterns add an alluring look to dresses and sleeves, as if the stars themselves were sewn into this finery.

Feathers and silken fabrics add a touch of classic glamour to these lavishly regal pieces.

Want a highly embroidered light sapphire gown? Want to resemble a countess in red fringe? Want to step out in the deepest of amethysts, a vision of magnificence? Zuhair Murad will feed your fantasies. The amount of looks available from this collection is incredible. Every garment the centrepiece of an outfit, each holds its own magnificence, right the way down to the shoes.

We never knew we needed a pair of embellished over-the-knee boots, but we sure want them now, and the beaded thigh highs sure do take the cake. While talking of accessories, it’d be rude not to mention the hats. Only popping up a few times in the collection, black wide brimmed hats brought us back to 2016/17 when being viciously vampy was the height of fashion.

Go forth and exude nobility, these garments give us the chance to feel like we’re in embroidered armour, as if queens of old.

Let us embrace the strong and powerful femininity these enchanting pieces hold. This collection propels us into Autumn on a luxurious trajectory, the most regal you’ve ever seen. What are you waiting for? Live your exquisitely luxurious fantasy, all you need now is to grab a crown.

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Prints upon prints, this Manish Arora AW’18 collection will make you discard your plain coloured garb and throw on every print you own. Celebrating the opening of 5 stand-alone stores in China this year, the collection embraces Chinese imagery throughout.

Our eyes have indeed been blessed with this mixture of bright prints, bold colours and just layer upon layer of pure Chinese inspired euphoria. It has reminiscence to Alice in Wonderland: Through the Looking Glass and the Chinese inspired costumes in the film, they share the same bright colours and wonderfully detailed prints. That makes us even more obsessed. We can feel like we’re in Wonderland? Yep, sign us right up.

Among the Chinese imagery were cherry blossoms, chrysanthemum embroidery, traditional style Chinese waves and clouds as well as koi fish. This explosion of beautifully detailed prints left us hungry for more, and Manish Arora definitely delivered. He gave us a re-imagined Jade Rabbit, meditating on a lotus on the front of a sweater. Cutest thing we’ve ever seen? Yep.

As well as the Chinese imagery there were sequinned Eiffel towers, it seems Manish Arora wanted to sneak a little famous landmark in there too.

The colours in this collection are definitely something to talk about. Arora’s collections always have amazing colour schemes, but this season really takes not just the icing, but the entire cake. Bright oranges, pinks, deep blues, and hints of yellow and green have our eyes tripping on Arora acid.

This collection invites us to a bright Autumn wardrobe if we choose, and it’s exciting to have that option. No longer feeling an all black ensemble? Throw all your prints together in a wonderfully layered fashion and go turn some heads girl. That’s not to say throw away black completely, as the bright colour prints look great with black, in fact it makes them really pop.

Something we couldn’t help but notice were the avant garde..scarves?? We’re not really sure what they are, but they’re the cosiest looking, most high fashion neck candy we’ve ever seen.

The mix of thick jumper fabrics combined with the soft tulle make for great texture combinations, like Jade Rabbit herself, and we’d give anything to be wrapped up in one of Arora’s jumpers.

Denim and sequins also wandered the runway, the former in combinations with patchwork, appliqué and some simply ripped, adding a funky little 90’s feel to certain looks. We really loved the embroidery detailing Arora used to give pops of colour to his darker garments.

Something we didn’t think we’d fall in love with was the socks and sandals combination. Anything went, from plain bright coloured socks, traditional Chinese clouds in blue with rainbows, pink hearts, then there was black and orange. The shoes were pretty high platform heels with sandal straps, reminiscent of traditional Chinese footwear in the shape of the sole. Even the shoes were brightly painted with patterns and colours found in the collection, and paired with the patterned socks looked a perfect kind of chaotic.

This collection has given us the Jade green light to wear multiple prints at once and not feel uncomfortable about it. If anything, we’ll be channeling our highly fashionable walks of art on a sidewalk near you. What are you waiting for? Get your prints out!

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