Rixo used their spot at Fashion Week this year to stitch statements into clothing. As the world continues to divide, Henrietta Rix and Orlagh McCloskey present its audience with a polarising message: We Are One. The presentation used well-known mantras from the seventies in protest below their collection. No child should be a part of war ever, the show tells us. Make love, not war.

Known for their vintage-inspired silhouettes and hand-painted prints, Rixo leaned deeper into their seventies DNA this season. My favourite outfit was made from zig-zagging patterns made up from crochet materials, coloured in the orange and brown hues that defined the decade. A leather belt around the waist matched the leather that made circular straps on the model's neighbour's sandals. We are one: materials jumped from one model to the next, so each set of clothes was connected by design.

In a collection full of satin headscarves and their brand's signature floral print bohemia, clothes never felt more like a statement. The world continues to polarise, and here in clothing, Rixo dresses each of their models in the same references of peace and gentility. 

Words By: Anya Duncan
Images Courtesy: Rixo