Mary Katrantzou and the technicolour dream for SS14

Mary Katrantzou had a triumphant return to technicolor form for SS14, showing an extraordinary collection of trompe l'oeuil prints that left the audience scratching their heads as to what they were seeing. It was English brogue shoes, by the way: laces and leather riveting blown up and abstracted almost beyond recognition as they emerged in a kaleidoscope of colours - everything from aquamarine to parma violet. There were punchy plumes of hothouse flowers and crystal cultures splashed onto mini dresses made of pleated silk, that bounced jubilantly as they came down the runway. Dresses shaped like balloons, dresses encrusted with Swarovski jewels, dresses that trapezed from the bust - a parade of dresses so ornate that they could belong on the Christmas tree. Or on the backs of the coolest girls in town.