Spring in high Morales

When finally comes Spring, after a long and dreadful winter, I am always eager to rediscover bright colours, enjoy sunny days, listen to birds singing in trees along with sporting dresses in the lightest fabrics. It all contributes to revive my moral, once washed out by the cold weather.

My moral was at its highest when I made my way to the past ELLE Show, where I enjoyed a Canadian Designers showcase, including collections from Simon Chang, Andrew Majtenyi, Marie St. Pierre and many others.

But one who clearly stole the show for me was Renata Morales who embarked the admiring crowd in an enchanted dance, with her birds-like dresses floating in a romantic rhythm on the runway.

Surprisingly, I could barely recall seeing the beauty and uniqueness of Renata Morales designs, at the SS/09 Toronto Fashion Week, either because I hadn't taken any pictures then or I didn't have a good seat.

The ballet of chiffon dresses, gold sequins, braids and pleats of organza, in white, yellow, baby blue, red and black, all accessorized with her original spray-painted flower head-pieces adorning the models head, made a strong statement.

Enough said, enjoy few shots from the show few weeks ago and for more on the SS/09 collection, see here.

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This Blood bird dress opened the show

the intricacy of details on every dress

is amazing - stop, watch and appreciate.

My favourite of all had to be this Bleeding blue

bird dress, very graphic and both soft and edgy

The unusual splash of red gives attitude to the dress

This Blue inside dress is more subtle than the

bleeding number above, perfect for the true

romantic and feminine.

Most dresses showed intricate, pleating,

and tucking in the front, to balance the bare

backs just like in this White inside dress

Cute Yellow birds glitters dress and

Black birds dress, ideal to go from

day-chic to dramatic-night look

This black Bondage dress will do wonders

at a cocktail party in the Upper East Side -

I'd see Serena van der Woodsen wearing it

A short Yellow flowers/black feather dress

I like how the head-piece is almost symmetrical

to the feathers on the dress

After the frills and drama of previous dresses,

the show ended with this heaven likebaby blue

Water dress - which I loved.

Something about the intricacy of details, the pleating, tucking of the chiffon and organza she applies, added to the mix of colours, brings something a little Rodarte to her designs in my opinion.

In the Designer's defense, I could probably afford a Morales dress soon, but would need to hold off that Rodarte dream for now. After all, Morales is just as beautiful and original, plus its Canadian, A definite YES! It's unbelievable how much talent we have in Canada, when you take the time to really dig deep.

I wish they had shown more pieces of this exquisite and wearable Art straight from Montreal.

I have heard from a reliable source that the Designer is not focusing so much on Fashion right now, so I'll manage to get a word with her, in hopes that she doesn't consider putting an end to her wearable Fashion Art - gasp -

Until then, Tataaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Pictures source: Miss SLY!