London Fashion Week A/W 2011 Catwalk Review: Tosha by Tamara Sariachvili

Tosha LBD by Elizabeth Goodspeed.
Occasionally I get dragged into a show I don’t have a ticket for – and as I was leaving Fashion Scout on Saturday 19th February so it was thus. “It’s nearly starting, don’t worry it will be very quick,” I was promised as I tried to race out of the building to my next show at Somerset House. So it was that I found myself in the presentation room on the first floor on a hurriedly pulled up chair next to another Fashion Scout front row fixture.


Tosha A/W 2011 by Rebecca Strickson.
As a series of very tall girls in ruffled Little Black Dresses marched past me with slicked back hair, glossy red lips and a generally determined glare – think Robert Palmer Addicted to Love – my Frow pal turned to me and said “Look at the how hairy that model’s arms are!” Indeed they were: “Not eating,” I said, and we nodded sagely. It was all over very quickly as promised, and when Mr. Frow asked me what I thought I said, “Well, it’s Little Black Dresses, innit?”

Tosha A/W 2011 Paint It Black. Photography by Amelia Gregory.
I could quote you something from the Tosha press release about how designer Tamara Sariachvili hand sculptured ruffling of wool that layers the body in variations that beautifully mimic the internal human make up [sic] but really why bother? At the end of the day Paint It Black was just a collection of Little Black Dresses and it won’t be breaking fashion boundaries anytime soon. Still, it gave me the chance to write a Funny Little Blog and for that I am thankful.

Tosha A/W 2011 Paint It Black. Photography by Amelia Gregory.
If you’d like to find out more about Tosha there is a good interview here. Those ruffles were inspired by BRAINS.