Annah Stretton deserves a special mention for her beautifully constructed collection, whose core message of brutal cruelty was safely masked behind the pretty playful aesthetics of the collections moral and visual muse, the ever stylish Briggitte Bardot. The New Zealand designer’s collection, Stop the Slaughter, was clothing with a message, but a subtle one, not one that is screen printed across the chest and shoulders of a plain black t-shirt as a blatant statement of intention. Her message was about animal cruelty or as she put it, “giving the animals back their dignity,” and her collection was exactly that, dignified, with stunning silk print and striking check body suits and bell shaped skirts. Soft lingerie style pieces and fitted outfits detailed with shirring and quilting also payed homage to the style of Brigitte Bardot’s modern animal right’s activist passion and her unforgettable 1960’s style. The plastic animals strangled in hair and worked into the models own hair was the only real element of identifiable significance when it came to the meaning behind the materials. Overall the statement was a whisper of equally profound meaning and pleasurable, modish garments. This is one message that will be heard and widely appreciated for it’s impeccably classy approach and timeless visual telling.