LONDON, United Kingdom — A delicate and colorful interplay of romance and modernity is what Emilia Wickstead was aiming for today, according to her press notes. Not exactly an agenda-setting program. Then again, Wickstead is not trying to push boundaries. Instead, she excels at dressing women of a certain class with impeccably demure dresses — her forte — and, occasionally, blouses and trousers.

She delivered again this season, with remarkable lightness. The collection was less ladylike — modern ladylike, let's be honest — than usual. It felt easy, breezy and poignantly attentive in its mix of natural colors and bright hues. This might not be fashion with a capital F — progressive and inventive — but it's definitely dresses with a capital D, flattering and feminine. And that's enough to please her customers.