Kit Neale – who’s made quirky prints and motifs his calling card – took a more-is-more approach to kookiness for spring. According to the designer’s show notes, he drew inspiration from the jumble of items found in car boot sales – the U.K. equivalent of a yard sale – flea markets and thrift stores. The aim, the designer said, was to create pieces that bring “a sense of joy.”
The result was a riot of color, texture and prints, all worked on slouchy silhouettes. The designer wove scribbled images of flowers in pink onto a gray jacquard suit with wide-leg pants, while a satin T-shirt was embroidered with a dancing monkey (all the motifs were inspired by random objects the designer had unearthed.) Also among the silhouettes were wide-leg shorts, bomber jackets and boiler suits.
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While certainly not for wallflowers, the collection telegraphed a very British eccentricity – the exuberantly dressed transvestite artist Grayson Perry was also among Neale’s touchstones – right through to the male models’ rosy cheeks and floral print smock dresses on men.