Looking back to the heroes of the past they looked so incredible in their clothes- artists, intellectuals, scientists: cultivated people. Imagine them live and in front of you- you would think you were on another planet. I want people to shine with human dignity and nobility. I rely on historical reference. By engaging with human genius I have tried to capture the past in my fashion.
But we can never repeat, we are swept along by the changing times and our own experience. When we try to imitate we find ourselves doing something new. I see fashion as a proposal, a way for people to look more wonderful.
This collection has taken care of itself. Without direction Andreas and I began choosing fabrics and delegating technical tasks from random ideas until something began to form. Half-way through, theatre director, Philip Green asked us if we could do costumes for a future production of a 17th century play, ‘The Man of Mode’ and at that point we realized the collection was looking rather 17th century. We said ‘yes’ to the play and from there on the 17th century became a conscious frame of reference. Sometimes it is more a question of mood e.g a black coat made out of a rectangle folded into an envelope has a feeling of a scholars’ gown; it somehow could represent the scientific interest of the age.source
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