EDELINE LEE Autumn Winter 2013 Film

LONDON FASHION WEEK 19 FEBRUARY 2013 11:30AM - 1:30PM MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL Guests led into the historic Middle Temple Hall were transported into a quietly bustling mise-en-scene. A fine light filtered through the Tudor windows into the grand, wood-panelled room. One girl picked out notes on a piano accompanied by a lone recorder player at the other end of the room. A pair of girls practiced dance steps, a few more rehearsed lines from a script. The Head girl entered the room, a bell sounded and the room stilled. The girls formed into a queue to curtsey one by one to the head girl. When the ritual was over, they moved into position on the stage, for the opening act of an unknown play. The thirteen models performed a choreography directed by filmmaker Zeina Durra “After hearing Edeline’s inspiration, I felt that it would be interesting to create a sorority of amateur dramatics. Primitive theatre props like a rubber snake, apple, and a rose lent themselves to this theme.” For Autumn Winter 2013, Edeline Lee found inspiration in a “wonderful collection of turn of the century Odd Fellows artefacts that I viewed in Waxahachie, Texas. The Odd Fellows were a friendly society – a fraternal organisation. The American groups produced wonderful costumes and regalia that they wore during their rituals.” I wanted to translate the spirit of this regalia into contemporary clothing. Models wore structured and panelled pieces in Molten Metallic Tweed, Clay Angora Cashmere Wool, Moleskin and