Talk with Giles Deacon

Showing the development of the Queen Elizabeth couture dress. It was interesting to see that when later cutting and construction of large scale is concerned, Deacon's team always creates the garment first in paper. 

The 'Carwash dress' was inspired by a car wash spinner near to where Deacon was living at the time. This was later photographed by Tim Walker emphasising the mystical textural qualities created from the dress.

Deacon told a story of his friend owning humungous knitting needles, with these huge geometric pieces of knitwear were created. He commented to say the way the knitwear created structures were inspiring to him, which was later also recognised by American Vogue and featured within the magazine, with Art Direction from Grace Coddington (one of my all time idols). This shows Deacon swaying more from 'ready to wear' to 'haute couture', responding to the change of his customers trends, whilst staying diverse and on-top of his game. 

Prior to Donald Robertson becoming wildly Instagram famous, Deacon collaborated with him after spotting some basic lip motifs created. This was later turned into a whole collection based on Robertson's illustrations, always created with his signature really dry painted style. Its really interesting to see how a basic illustration can be digitally manipulated to look sleek and clean, as well as being transformed into a piece of high fashion.

S/S 16' Collection, Deacon opted for a shaped runway- possibly trying to keep up with other fashion brands such as Chanel Airlines and Dior at La Louvre.

Small collection of LCA's BA Fashion work on display.