As the lovelorn lament to temptress Jolene echoed through the BFC tent at Camilla Staerk, it occurred that Dolly had little to worry about with this seriously seductive collection. Models boldly strode in bandage-tight bandeau dresses, cinched with either lock-tight corsets or super skinny chain belts. Fine cashmere turtleneck bodies worn with flirty suspenders and the second-skin long leather skirts with splits were pure 80’s redux. The colour palette did nod to the melancholic mood; overcast with predominantly black looks, including matt tailoring (fluted pencil skirts and peplum jackets), leather (panelled jackets, streamline dresses with shrugs), accents of cocktail lace and patent leather tracksuit style trousers. Interspersed were sombre off-colours, olive patent pixie boots, a nutmeg suede button-back sack dress and a muted floral circuit skirt, making the red alert entrance of a deep crimson wool dress with slick glossy red accessories all the more provocative. Ye olde wild western suiting in dusty velvet punctuated her men’s collection (think Pecckinpah’s moody Pat Garrett & Billy the Kidd), with ankle-grazing trousers and crumpled Dylan style dotted neckerchiefs. EE