Mulberry blooms for SS14

Scattered daisies, climbing roses, and giant urns spilling over with flowers - the setting of the Mulberry show provided a taste of things to come for Emma Hill's SS14 show. Cara Delevingne opened wearing a steely grey floral jacquard trapeze coat and from then on it was daisies everywhere: embossed, embroidered, shimmering with sequins, splashy like a 1960's wallpaper print. In contrast to this vernal jubilance there were heavy winter fabrics such as a stiff navy leather for a pair of culottes or ponyskin for an abbreviated trapeze jacket. But far from weigh the show down they served to reinforce the point: from the graphic a-line shapes to the swingy coats and jackets, it was swinging London all over again.