Contestants will be wearing designer brands this season
This year’s Like Island contestants will have on garments from a shared wardrobe packed with designer products, the show’s stylist has discovered.
The well-known relationship collection is set to return to the tiny display screen on 6 June, with ITV saying the first 11 contestants on Monday.
Aside from a new villa site – even now on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca – viewers can be expecting to see a change in the islanders’ fashion picks.
The Television present has famously partnered with well known quick trend suppliers these types of as I Observed It Very first and Missguided in the previous, and even spawned the newest innovative director of PrettyLittleThing (Molly-Mae Hague).
It has departed from custom for its eighth series – picking out eBay as its vogue lover and employing movie star stylist Amy Bannerman to resource the islanders’ wardrobes.
At a push function on Tuesday 31 May perhaps, Bannerman disclosed a selection of standout parts set to go into the villa from a lengthy checklist of designers which includes Gucci, Versace, Moschino, Jacquemus and Dior.
In a bid to steer the female contestants away from the “samey, colourful, really limited dresses” witnessed on past seasons, Bannerman suggests she has presented them with a selection that “blurs the strains of gendered dressing”.
An outsized men’s Ralph Lauren shirt has been turned into a gown, tightened at the waist with a Moschino belt. In the meantime the adult males will be dressed in airy, sheer fabrics in lighter colors from Calvin Klein, Givenchy and Prada.
“It’s actually thrilling to be looking at brands like Jacquemus going into the villa, and I assume islanders are also pretty psyched about the truth that they get to use designer items,” Bannerman mentioned.
The wardrobe functions a quantity of standout vintage designer items, which Bannerman predicts may possibly lead to tussles involving islanders when it will come to determining who will get to dress in what.
There is a flooring-duration pink and black polka dot Moschino robe showcasing a sweetheart neckline and substantial ruffled sleeves. The gown at the moment retails for upwards of £6,000.
“I identified this final week,” Bannerman said of the Moschino gown. “And I’m imagining [the islanders] likely out for tapas and on the lookout very extra. With any luck , we will see that on display.”
A further eye-catching seem is a vintage co-ord from Blumarine. A minimal-rise midi skirt and prolonged-sleeved crop major have the two been crafted from a sheer, animal print material with beadwork and embroidery trim. “Why get the new y2k when you can have the unique?” Bannerman commented.
She has also managed to supply a Versace dress from the Italian designer’s spring/summertime 2000 collection, in the similar print as the iconic gown Jennifer Lopez wore on the Grammy’s red carpet.
Then there is a sleeveless denim Balmain gown with gold buttons and distressed detailing, and a purple Jean Paul Gaultier co-ord which she uncovered she managed to get for just £40.
“It’s seriously hot but it’s protected. It’s hot in a different way it is sort fitting but not really short and it does not display cleveage,” Bannerman said of the Balmain glimpse.
Other coveted names heading into the villa incorporate Christopher Kane, Herve Leger and an Alaïa gown which Bannerman acquired on the purchasing platform for less than £300.
“This was such a steal,” Bannerman she mentioned of the figure-hugging black mini costume. “The pictures of it ended up genuinely poor so we received it for a authentic cut price.”
Describing the islanders’ reactions to the pieces, Bannerman stated: “There was just one woman who was screaming and shouting out the names of all the designers. They just couldn’t imagine it. It was a great response.”