Long cream lace robes worn over nude sheaths had bright fuchsia floral appliqué growing up them, while A-line skirts of red quilted silk or gold sequins were belted into white blouses edged in lace to allude to Alice’s chosen reference to Slavic folklore.
Sumptuous woollen capes with matching pencil skirts meant the Temperley woman doesn’t just dress for black tie next season, while velvet trousers and their fitted matching jackets, perfectly tailored frock coats and one brown shorn pony skin coat teamed with a leather skirt revealed Temperley’s ability to create variety in the wardrobes of the super rich. Full-sleeved day dresses fell to above the knee in laser-cut purple taffeta to match the lace ankle boots beneath, while the evening wear truly wowed her audience, with jewelled straps crossing over the back of a navy column and another black silk dress lined in cream draped around the body and barely held on by a narrow lace across the shoulder blades. Increasingly bejewelled and lustrous, it became the crown jewels of a collection.
