The poetic extravagance of the clothes she was there to see glowing clouds of sunflower organza, lavishly draped tangerine silks was matched by the skyline which peacocked its beauty through the glass walls. The colours were strong, the vibe modern and abstract, the furry shoes deliberately challenging.
Roksanda Ilincic, whose clothes take her first name, talked about conceptual artist Agnes Denes, prophetic in the urgent environmental messages in her work of 40 years ago. Wickstead said she had fallen in love with Gisele Freund, a photojournalist and portrait photographer who captured iconic images of Simone de Beauvoir and Eva Peron.
Fashion gives voice to a woman's point of view on the world, and both shows offered a riposte to the recent dominance of male creative directors in the field.
Wickstead is famed for demure-with-a-twist clothes, showcased with her sugar-pink ballerina-length strapless cocktail dress and courtly tailoring in baby blue, surrounded by historical artwork.
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