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GILTY PLEASURES
ERDEM
‘ROLL OUT THE BACOFOIL and crank up the
fabulosity factor to gas mark 10’ was the
(probable) call to arms at the National Portrait
Gallery, where floors were slicked in silver to
transform them into a resplendent runway.
The occasion? Why, Erdem’s A/W20 show of
course, where the designer had sought inspiration
from his favourite venue’s upcoming retrospective
of Cecil Beaton’s ‘Bright Young Things’ portraits.
As scandalous as they were glamorous, this motley
crew of boho aristos and smart-set socialites were
the glitterati of the roaring 1920s, and the designer
took a deep dive into their gilded universe by way
of Beaton’s theatrical silver foil backdrops. Even
the sprinkling of seven silver bob haircuts among
the modern-day finger waves were gutsy rather
than bonkers, which Anthony Turner for L’Oréal
Professionnel attributed to the high-shine finish
keeping things from going too “costume drama”.
RUNWAY
AUTUMN/WINTER 2020
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