trip to pre-WWI New York for Todd Lynn's new collection. Taking inspiration from The Gopher Gang, who used to rob people of their clothes then take them to a seamstress to have them altered, the theme was all about feminising masculine proportions, taking aspects from many and patchworking them into one, then layering them over one another.
Men's blazers gathered at the back with a simple stitch to create a teeny waist, oversized coat sleeves slashed at the inner elbows and arms poking through, wrap skirts over cropped trousers, every piece looked as if it has genuinely been created from something which already existed, not from scratch.
A wiry hand-woven lace was thrown in too, in the form of a entirely sheer floor-length dress with nothing worn underneath, proving Lynn's girl, though fierce, had sexy in her too. Louboutin ankle boots with cut out sides and wrapped cable detailing added to the DIY feel, as if carved from a once-elegant boot.
These were real mean girls (not the LiLo type) with scruffy hair, septum rings and knuckle dusters (courtesy of Shaun Leane), and you certainly wouldn't want to bump into them at night. Can't help but think The Gopher Gang would have a field day were they to ascend on Somerset House this weekend... Bibby Sowray
From the playing fields to the catwalk…
On Valentine's Day, 17-year-old Rosie Tapner was enjoying a muck around her sixth form's muddy playing fields… Fast-forward three days and the Hertfordshire beauty, who is signed to Storm Models, opened the Todd Lynn show. Expect to see a lot more of this prettily pouted lass.