Neverending Story

Straight out of the faded pages of our childhood storybooks comes a new romanticism for AW13. A naïve femininityprevails, with designers recovering a lost innocence in dangling ribbons and flounces of feather-light organza. Valentino is the pied piper of the season's fairytale princesses, leading a parade of dainty dresses through the season:demure high necks and bountiful bows for fashion dreamers lost in twilight reveries. Olympia le Tan's classic literatureclutches make the perfect final flourishes to prim and pretty looks. Steal through enchanting new landscapes in scarlet Lanvin confections and whimsical Saint Laurent babydolls. Whisperof extravagant lace and couture gowns as you go: piece by piece, stitch by stitch it's time to recreate a beautiful lostworld. Tread softly, for you tread on dreams. Text: Alannah Sparks