The models strutted onto the catwalk armed with hands-free mobile phone ear-pieces, hinting at the corporate direction of the collection. They looked clean and sleek, with their hair slicked back, and in white silk, luxuriously minimalist pieces such as the white button up collard relaxed shirt, black skin tight trouser and knee-length skirt, sheer black or purple organza button up shirt with contrast piping details, and full layered and frilled skirts. The silhouette was cinched in at the waist with a brown leather obi belt.

These working girls were dressed in frills, frills, and more frills (luxury, not no-frills, is the labels mantra, with the recession not dampening Lo Sordo's parade) for eveningwear. The season's one-shouldered dress hit was given the label's usual treatment and was transformed into cascading one sided silk frills. The models were covered in layers of silk frills so much so, that they began to remind me of a friend's tenth birthday doll-cake. The bright pink, orange and yellow sky-high 80s pumps were reminiscent of those I used to dress my Barbies in and which will forever remain the utterly most glamorous shoes I have ever come to contact with.

Michael Lo Sordo's dolls disrobed for the summer heat in skimpy cut-out onesies, all which featured a graphic wave print evoking the Australian  70s surf culture in either blue or sunset variations. The charmingly naive print worked well with the grown-up suits, and was extended into maxi dresses perfect for the beach and a gin-and-t stint at the beach-side restaurant that may follow.

For the evening at the resort on offer were bright coral, orange and sunset coloured dresses. The stunner of the show was a coral strapless flimsily layered dress which would make any woman girlishly sway and turn in it. Perhaps here lies Michael Lo Sordo's charm – his clothes aren't groundbreaking, nor are they necessarily new, but he makes even the hardest of the hearts (mine) want to try on his dress and play the doll…if only for just one night.   

Article by Una Butorac and photos by Sam Shaw