Butterflies are all the rage for Spring.

Oversize clutch in soft supple leather with laser-cut butterflies from British brand Sampson & Christie.
Other designs from the new range also available on the website.

Flora and fauna, and the garden theme are much-favoured for fashion inspiration this Spring, but it's the butterflies that are causing all the rage.  

A Clipper - blue subspecies (Parthenos Sylvia Violacea) as seen in Butterfly in the Glasshouse,
at the RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.

The fashion store Fenwick (on Bond Street in London) is launching a Beauty in Wonderland promotion on Monday March 17 until 30, with a garden setting of blooms, butterflies and bees to showcase their event, but setting my heart aflutter recently was the Butterfly in the Glasshouse event at RHS Wisley Garden  in Surrey recently where visitors could experience exotic butterflies flitting and floating among tropical plants.

A Malachite (Siproeta Stelenes) as seen in Butterfly in the Glasshouse, at the RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.

At Swarovski, the Austrian house for producing crystals for fashion and accessories, crystal beads in the shape of a butterfly are among the newly launched shapes for Spring Summer 2015.

Here are a few examples of how with the use of the butterfly-shaped crystals with other shapes, a designer at Swarovski has created geometric decorations to add a new dimension of luxe to denim shirts and everyday T-shirts.

Wildlife and Swarovski photos by Lucia Carpio for My Fashion Connect.

Floral Colours - Inspiration for Design and Fashion at Wiseley Garden

World colour authority Pantone named Radiant Orchid as the key colour of 2014, as has been seen on many catwalk collections for Spring/Summer 2014.

Orchid as seen at The Glasshouse, RHS Wiseley Garden, Surrey, UK.

To get inspiration of this unique colour, one can pay a visit to the RHS Wiseley Garden in Surrey, UK.  In The Glasshouse, I found a number of varieties such as the orchid shown in picture above that gives a wonderful purple tone.
But why stop there.  Here are a few more options of delicate and sweet floral colours found at Wiseley Garden.

STREPTOCARPUS

PELARGONIUM TRANSVAALENSE

NERINE "HITOMI"
All photos by Lucia Carpio for MY FASHION CONNECT.