EDELINE LEE Spring Summer 2015 Film

LONDON FASHION WEEK 14 SEPTEMBER 2014 3PM - 6PM For Spring Summer 2015, Edeline Lee was inspired by the process of restoring and decorating her Victorian house in East London. “I took down a couple of walls on my own, a seriously empowering thing to do! And I discovered that construction in building is not all that different from construction in clothing. There is the foundation, and then the structure, the lining, the layers, the seams, the way that you join the seams, the mitred joints, the measurements, the careful use of colour, the composition of a space, the attention to detail in the finishing.” The construction of the collection references these ideas. There are graphic foiled stripes that mitre diagonals and fringes meeting at precise angles. The idea then transposes into diagonal folds on the sleeves at the joint of the elbow, or on the bust flying away in effortless draped folds. In another variation on the theme, cutaway sleeves and seams expose the skin underneath in carefully placed angles. Throughout, Edeline Lee has used what she calls the “construction fabrics of fashion – a heavy silk gazar, a weightless cross between taffeta and organza, a lightweight gabardine.” All the fabrics are sourced from the finest mills in Italy and France. The presentation takes place in a purpose built marquee on the River Terrace off Somerset House. The stark white tent has one anomaly, a skewed Victorian door, complete with black gloss paint, chequered tiling, brass door fur