Peter Pilotto SS14: Bigger, bolder, brighter, better

When you go to a Peter Pilotto show you expect two things: colour and print. And you expect them to be good. This season Chris de Vos and Peter Pilotto delivered both in spades (colours ranged from baby soft to explosively volcanic; prints were eye-boggling) but they added a cherry on top with exquisite constructions and elaborate fabrications. The fabrics included an ornate orchid lace that was layered over technicolor prints in voluminous a-line dresses with stiff pleats and folds. The constructions were a fantastical take on the New Look silhouette with nipped-in waists and huge, voluminous skirts boosted by stuff crinolines. But Peter Pilotto is a thoroughly modern brand and as such the skirts were architectural in their big-ness - folded, cantilevered, and utterly dramatic. We met the designers backstage after the show in which they announced a new collaboration with American high street retailer Target, and quizzed them on their new development of ideas.