source:vogue.co.uk
SURELY this will be deemed one of London's top collections - if not the season's. Set in the impressive Cardinal Place, Victoria Street, which provided the panoramic view and bright white catwalk that Justin Thorton and Thea Bregazzi so favour, it began with the palest oatmeal cashmere coats, some with a single lapel, others collarless with two pockets over the bottom. The Preen duo repeated themselves with a series of grey, cream, then traffic-stopping red and each piece, from the sexy dresses that were bandaged around the waist, to the Balenciaga-reminiscent flesh-revealing strap dresses, was a refreshing, unique look, regardless of its relationship to the one that appeared pre and post. The bound-waists were let loose again for shearling jackets and padded dresses with tulip skirts that brought to mind the futurism we have come to expect from Preen but in a much less forced way than before. Top tip: everybody already wants one of those coats. (February 15 2006, PM)
Dolly Jones
SURELY this will be deemed one of London's top collections - if not the season's. Set in the impressive Cardinal Place, Victoria Street, which provided the panoramic view and bright white catwalk that Justin Thorton and Thea Bregazzi so favour, it began with the palest oatmeal cashmere coats, some with a single lapel, others collarless with two pockets over the bottom. The Preen duo repeated themselves with a series of grey, cream, then traffic-stopping red and each piece, from the sexy dresses that were bandaged around the waist, to the Balenciaga-reminiscent flesh-revealing strap dresses, was a refreshing, unique look, regardless of its relationship to the one that appeared pre and post. The bound-waists were let loose again for shearling jackets and padded dresses with tulip skirts that brought to mind the futurism we have come to expect from Preen but in a much less forced way than before. Top tip: everybody already wants one of those coats. (February 15 2006, PM)
Dolly Jones
