I’m usually watching London Fashion Week from a distance, with one eye on the shows and the other on empty suitcases that need packing for Milan. It strikes me as the most creative of the four cities, and the most individualistic. That has a bit to do with my London-based colleagues, who are such tireless cheerleaders of the local talent, but mostly it’s down to the designers, who are so committed to their own idiosyncratic visions. Like Paolo Carzana, who pieces together his clothes from antiques and vintage textiles that he dyes himself using plant formulas. It’s as hands-on as modern fashion gets, outside of haute couture. For anyone with an aversion to soulless, assembly-line high fashion, his work is worth a closer look. |
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