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AFTER a day of what can only be described as mega shows from Christopher Kane, Erdem and Burberry, we were in the mood for a celebration – and who better than Alice Temperley to lead the merry fashion dance.

We arrived in the British Museum for the second season running and once again found ourselves  discussing how perfect a venue this is – and then Alice produced a wonderful collection to go with it that made us hanker to wear it all there and then, and put us in an even better mood.

Celebrating her tenth anniversary this year in an industry that has seen her dress all of London’s most glamorous girls, she’s launched a book that works like a delicious photographic tell-all file of all the hard work and fun she’s had on the way. This collection was just as much a culmination of both – as breathtaking as her first ever show in the Twentieth Century Theatre all that time ago, it was supremely elegant, definitively glamorous and skin-tinglingly desirable.

She’s styling us as Grace Kelly next season – with long white silk headscarves, glossy red lipstick and big shades – wearing silky all-in-ones of peach or black, lustrous Grecian robes of pale olive or tan with sexy cowl backs, silky French knickers under transparent robes that glittered beneath the signature Temperley intricate glittering embroidery, and glossy T-shirts of cream silk with pale green sleeves, worn over mini rara skirts.

There was Twenties sass to one mini dripping with gold droplets, cloak-backed silk dresses billowed out behind, and gloriously light, sheer nude dresses with mesmerising Art Deco embellishments are to be worn by only the most perfectly shaped Temperley girls.

But this wasn’t solely for the lithe fashion goddesses among us – a lustrous magnolia print on black or navy silk dresses; softly tailored silk blazers worn over wide legged trousers with an extra fold of fabric at the front; a black tube dress hung with navy fringing all the way to the hemline; an elegant black coat dress with an obi belt; and stunning blouses that fell softly in cream layers from sleeves that buttoned down from the neck to flash a touch of shoulder, made up a collection that promised all the Temperley confidence to women who like their clothes to make them walk tall and feel fabulous. It was gorgeous.

And OK – I can’t resist telling you – Pippa Middleton was there. The queue outside was scattered by security as she arrived in a great big royal car and even those of us much more interested in what was about to happen on the catwalk couldn’t help staring a little bit. Sitting among her fellow firm Temperley fans - Julia Restoin-Roitfeld, Peaches Geldof, Laura Bailey, Sheherazade Goldsmith, Jade Parfitt, Jacquetta Wheeler and Poppy Delevingne, she drove the paparazzi to a frenzy and proved once again that Temperley London has big ambitions that you can guarantee will be fulfilled.

With thanks to Mercedes Benz.

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  1. Extravagant, elegant! I really like the collection! The soft colors, tha black´s and the flowers stampas.

    Paola
    20 Sep 2011

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