The autumn / winter 2012 collection from Australian designer Tovah takes the name Reminiscence. While viewing this location shoot will leave you no doubt that a vintage influence permeates every piece, it was reminiscence of a particular woman that sparked the collection: Tovah’s mother.
Tovah was inspired by a collection of photographs of her mother in “a bygone era, including a stint with high society in the prairie and lake country of Minnesota, USA. The result of this inspiration is a collection that infuses the refined, structured, waist-flattering silhouettes of the 1950s with the freedom of the ‘wild west’.”
That marriage of elegance and Western spawned, amoung other things, pleated skirts, prairie shirts, and a cape panelled in autumnal hues. It’s also the first collection of Tovah’s to include leather and fabric belts as accessories.
The pieces were captured in a fittingly rustic setting by photographer Warren Jopson. You can view more at the gallery above.
