Antonio Marras SS14: A midsummer night's dream

Through the woodland, out of the twilight zone, Antonio Marras imagined a fantasy land for SS14, where chamber musicians in animal masks played Vivaldi, and pretty maids in lacy aprons proffered mint tea and delicate pastries to guests as they entered his midsummer's dream. He'd been inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses, and this ephemeral sentiment was represented in dresses with outsize ruffles that moved like puffs of air, and jackets that changed completely from front to back. The front might be a silvery holographic brocade, the back a sheer dotted tulle. Painterly landscapes with stormy skies adorned swathes of silk out of which were fashioned trapeze coats and wide culottes , which far from being costumey looked utterly modern paired with silver brogue sandals and slicked back hair. The fantasy concluded with a sequence of doll-like dresses that were the picture of innocence - until you spotted the transparent backs revealing big-knickered bottoms. Because what's a midsummer's party without a little bit of naughtiness?