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REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion

 

Dress, Spring/Summer 2007

 

“The dress was a cloud - I wanted to create kind of incredible drama with the volumes I love. A dream of escapades. It was about the beauty of being a woman. Positive, happy Fashion, which I would say I'm still doing today." - Roksanda

 

Roksanda Illinčić dreamt of being a fashion designer as a girl growing up in Serbia. When she appeared on the London scene after graduating from Central Saint Martins masters, fashion was stark, and femininity was *out'. Roksanda challenged all that with the outrageous exuberance of her humungous demi-couture dresses. Her Spring/Summer 2007 dress was topped with a huge bow by her friend Noel Stewart. I was making everything between my place in London and seamstresses at home in Belgrade. My fabrics were all I could afford: off market carts, or leftovers, Shepherds Bush Market. The places around London students still buy them.?

 

Headpiece by Noel Stewart for Roksanda, remade 2023

Tulle, repurposed Gainsborough silk brocade and silk organza

Courtesy Roksanda

 

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