Christopher Esber knows exactly where to slice open a dress for maximum physical appeal. For resort, he’s keeping the body-baring sensibility his clients love, but adding a bit of philosophy too. He created a Zen landscape for his show in Sydney and incorporated elements of wabi sabi into the collection. The balance of imperfection and beauty has never really been Esber’s thing—he loves sensuality full stop—but he works a slightly off-balance, asymmetric silhouette well, even if some of the sheer black pieces read a little close to other items on the market.
His best offerings here are the clinging ivory dresses in nubbly, textural knits and the bead-strewn net tops. They play nicely in the area between sexual and sensible, and are sure to draw the eyes of celebrities and It Girls in Australia and abroad. Dan Roberts’s street style pictures from Sydney Fashion Week are proof enough that women love the play between revealing and restrained.
