There are some shows at fashion week where the venue has little to no impact on how you see the collection as a whole; Temperley London’s show at the British Museum was not one of them. In the Great Hall of one of London’s most celebrated museums, designer Alice Temperley showed a glamorous but completely spring appropriate collection of feminine dresses and soft tailored separates. The designer was inspired by silver screen sirens such as Grace Kelly as Tracy Lord in High Society and Michelle Pfeiffer as Elvira Hancock in Scarface and the styling was definitely somewhere between the socialite and the dealer’s girlfriend with glossy red lips and white silk headscarves. Elegant, feminine silhouettes were paired with embellished sheer fabrications resulting in a more risqué showing from the designer, but if there’s one designer that can make a nipple-baring blouse look girlish and elegant, it’s Alice Temperley.
