Backstage at London fashion week with Daydream Network

Backstage at London fashion week with Daydream Network, having a peek at Richard Nicoll and Lousie Goldin at the Flowers Cellars in Covent Garden, the Topshop NewGen Venue for this season.

Richard Nicoll took inspiration from his menswear roots for this collection, featuring beautifully constructed tailoring, but with a romantic twist, soft tulle shapes, form fitting corseted dresses and sheer and velvet panels. Overall, the collection was very wearable, with shades of greys, rusty red and slick blue, with the devil in the details; a sky high black patent heel (actually sourced from a latex fetish shop) bull dog clip jewellery with Swarovski embellishment and cute 90’s backpacks. The team behind Richard Nicoll’s creations was as ever bursting with pride as the clothes went down the runway, and softly spoken Nicoll modestly smiling in the background.

Louise Goldin’s collection was all about dramatic shape and structure. Wire shaped skirts and dresses were packed with cushions and coaxed with tacking to stay in their impossibly architectural designs, with impressive effect. A collection that Goldin describes as “space military” felt like a glamorous star trek, with stingray edging and detailing alongside peeks of Swarovski shorts under skirts. The glitter didn’t end there, with leggings and mammoth heels completely covered in Swarovski (making them near impossible to get on, but none the less amazing). We saw more leather and fur here, but the most striking detail had to be the stingray skin, which a tired seamstress informed us was pretty impossible to stitch, hence her ruined hands. The price we pay for fashion eh?