Temperley / London Fashion Week AW13

Location
The Dorchester set the tone for an elegant show, tea coffee and biscuits were served.

Influence
BYRDS collection cited Hitchcock actress Tippi Hedren as muse, creating a darker streamlined style than usually synonymous with Temperley.

Look

Beautiful whites and cream checks. Swing coats. 60s influenced. Neat fitting polo neck jumpers. Long lean floor length white evening dresses (that could be easily worn as a wedding dress). Bold embellishment using large crystals or gold beading, in a clean modern configuration or scalloped 30s pattern. Heavy weight gold square jacquard brocade. Sapphire blue. Signature Temperley prints with a slight art nouveau element. Pointed extremely high Charlotte Olympia court shoes with thin heels. Covetable half hand covering white or black leather gloves, and full length black leather gloves.

Alice Mary Lynch for Alice Temperley

This is not the first time nor will it be the last that I have written about the extremely talented Alice Mary Lynch. Her stunning work of art dolls have been commissioned by Alice Temperley, using Temperley fabrics to appear in her flagship store, 27 Bruton Street, Mayfair. The launch event was glamorous (in an old money, subtle kind of way) with the new shop becoming the ideal backdrop for elegant tall girls walking around in Temperley creations. It was lovely to see Alice (Lynch) as her London visits from Somerset are all but to short yet met with delight. So proud, and looking forward to hearing where the dolls next journey will take them and Alice.

 Alice with Kat from More Stories.