Giles Deacon SS08 Show
One of the hottest tickets of fashion week, Giles Deacon’s show was keenly anticipated. Jess Cartner-Morley writing for the Guardian summed up Giles’ show perfectly:
The buzz around his name ensured that Giles Deacon’s show in Shoreditch was packed sardine-tight. His non-appearance at the previous night’s white tie V&A gala, held to open the museum’s new exhibition of classic couture, suggested he was feeling the pressure, but he rose to the occasion with dresses which managed to look both delicate and hot-blooded, like ballerina costumes for a particularly passionate pas de deux. Hats appliqued with flowers made from swimcap rubber, dresses fringed with thousands of elastic bands, and cocktail dresses with their corset boning sewn onto the outside dressed up a collection based around a 1950s silhouette: cute off-the-shoulder neckline, nipped waist, full skirt.