EDELINE LEE Autumn Winter 2017 Film

LONDON FASHION WEEK 18 FEBRUARY 2017 12:30PM - 2:30PM ON/OFF THE BARGE HOUSE Autumn Winter 2017 was influenced by the work of Hannah Hoch, the early collage artist of the Dada movement during the Weimar period. EDELINE LEE commented: "I was inspired by how Hoch's work concurrently addressed issues of female identity and her historical context. In my work, I have been searching for the way that the Future Lady dresses. We are also experiencing an uncertain moment in history. We have a strong idea of how a "lady" was supposed to look in the past. Women these days are more advanced, capable, independent and able to pursue their own potential than at any other time in history. But how can she dress now with relevance, power, femininity, grace and dignity, without being nostalgic, unnatural or uncomfortable?" The collection works with the concept of collage, stacking three dimensional forms together in a textured Worsted Wool and rich, deep colors of navy blue, brick red, saffron yellow, lead grey, and muted aqua Flou Bubble Jacquard. Precisely, fitted tailoring and exaggerated Boiled Virgin Wool Boucle outerwear are accented with graphic cobalt blue magnetic buttons and buckles. Autumn Winter 2017 also introduces the first collection of Austrian merino knitwear from Edeline Lee. Viewers enter to a performance by concert pianist BELLE CHEN layered over a soundscape of the noise and detritus of contemporary everyday information, before proceeding to a stairwell where noise is