Milan Fashion Week

Daks, Spring/Summer '08 (scroll down to read the review)
Daks
According to designer Giles Deacon, the numerous prints in his second collection for Daks, came from his attempts to avoid the whole ‘twee heritage’ thing. In its place he showed a different view on florals and spots, like lipstick pink polka-dots with a digital feel in a combination of three sizes, black and white florals overlaid with stylized graphics, and giant photographic prints of chandeliers (that at first glance looked like Big Ben). He also reinterpreted the Daks house check in brush strokes for small bags.

There was plenty of daywear, a message brought home by the tap tap tapping of a typewriter on the soundtrack, lifted from film of the moment, Atonement. Tailoring came in metallic seersucker and Deacon’s day dresses had giant pockets, for what he called ‘new safari’. For evening, best of all was a short sharp shift, covered in shredded French lace.