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"Looking at the colours, shapes and impressions left by these dusty old family photo albums we came across, we were drawn to the clothes our parents used to wear and to the fact that the modern, the new and the awkward fades over time." Anička Tušková, Radka Sirková

Established by Anna Tušková and Radka Sirková ten years ago, Chatty asked the audience at the Mercedes-Benz Prague Fashion Week last autumn to "collect [their] memories and experiences and hold them tight so that they don't fade". The two designers and their collection, which offers a tinge of 1970s retro, really stood out at the event. Their models invited spectators to examine old photos and think about the ways "the young turn into the old, modernity turns into dullness, black into grey and awkwardness into nostalgia". The self-confident seductive woman from the Dusty Pictures collection enters several night clubs wearing blood-red lipstick. Her shiny, blood-red, over- the-knee, heeled boots combined with a slit dress and oversized denim/court shoes combined with bell-bottoms created a really unsettling costume. Once again, Chatty here rely on classic denim clothing adjusted for a wide range of cuts and silhouettes. But the designers combine materials and styles in a very daring way: denim with shiny leather and satin, bright red with blue. In honouring the latest trends, they've succeeded in creating a euphoric combination of femininity, carelessness, hyperbole and classic clothes. The Dusty Pictures collection also won acclaim at Paris Fashion Week.

Tereza Kozlová