WE expected nothing less than a bit of rock (or should that be frock?) 'n roll cool from <a href="#" onclick="window.open('/vogue_daily/popup.asp?keyword=rodnik','search', 'toolbar=0,status=no,menuBar=0,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=250,height=450,left=10,top=100')" class="maintextimageu"> Rodnik design duo Richard Ascott and Philip Colbert who, for their second on-schedule catwalk show at London Fashion Week, gave the fashion pack a real treat - performing live as their autumn/winter 2008-9 offerings sauntered, danced and rocked on by.
Models (with perfectly tousled hair, we might add) were decked out in the duo's signature top hats, accompanied by simple silhouettes in the shape of T-shirt dresses (emblazoned with eclectic illustrative prints in black, white and red), shifts adorned with parasol motifs at the hem and shirt dresses boasting glittered panels - silver on pink and grey on black.
There was a hint of Robert Palmer's <i>Addicted to Love</i> in the mini skirt and shirt ensemble - which came complete with a guitar slung low at the hip - and a tuxedo-style dress, which was nipped in at the waist. And while we loved the oversized Ts tucked into skinny fit trousers or neat pencil skirts, the white tights with blue and red patterns (and the glitter ones too) definitely deserve a mention; they looked particularly chic with the prom style dresses, which were dinky and short.