Lou Dalton

Designer name: Lou Dalton

Origin: Shropshire

Career highlight: “To date, an on schedule slot during the MAN day at London Fashion Week SS10. I do hope that there may be one or two more career highlights still to come…”

Design background: Lou studied at the Royal College of Art. She has previously worked for Hamish Morrow, Stone Island, Crucianni Knitwear and Charlie Allen.

Design signatures: “Rebellious English sportswear with a strong attention to detail.”

How would you describe the Lou Dalton man? “This Charming Man”

What is your trademark piece? Lou loves the collection so much she struggles to define a key piece – “I feel personally attached to so many, each has its own little story with its own little journey…”



Three spring/summer 2012 inspirations: “The Pitmen Painters, the UK miners strike (1984-1985) and Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake.”

What’s next for your brand? “We are very excited to be stocked in Liberty of London menswear for autumn/winter 2011.”

Who are your design heroes? “I very much admire Sonia Delaunay, Bridget Riley, Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel and Dries Van Noten. Though they’re not necessarily heroes, I find them forever inspiring.”

What’s your favourite cultural hotspot in the capital? “I don’t get that much time to relax these days - any free time I have seems to be at the latter end of the evening… So my cultural hotspots are more often than not The Charles Lamb in Islington and Horse Meat Disco at the Eagle in Vauxhall.”

In five years time I will be… “Feeling a little more content with it all.... I hope.”