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A Millennial Man at Lou Dalton

The collection centred on lightweight, ready-to-buy clothes that are commercial in the best sense of the word.
Lou Dalton Spring/Summer 2018 | Source: InDigital.tv
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  • Osman Ahmed

LONDON, United Kingdom — Lou Dalton showed her collection in the windows of an empty Piccadilly Arcade shop. Small and contained, it was part diorama, part "Mannequin"-esque drama. The collection centred on the concept of lightweight ready-to-buy clothes that are commercial in the best sense of the word. There were the classic basics that Dalton's customers will always return for, in a colour palette of pale blue, stone grey and white, which will seemingly remain the 21st century man's perennial lodestone for the foreseeable future.

However, there was also hints of a more extroverted flamboyance that manifested in the rainbow-stripe sweaters that Dalton designed in collaboration with John Smedley and arch colourist John Booth. Ditto the socks. Striped and thinly weighted, they will offer a glimpse of playfulness beneath the hems of navy trousers that is a modern-day uniform for the Millennial man. That, and they're the most easiest and accessible item to induct to a wardrobe.

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