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At London Fashion Week, history buff Erdem celebrated the queen’s dedication to service.
Erdem’s romantic heroines often look as though they’ve stepped out of the pages of an 19th-century novel in their pretty Toile de Jouy florals and puff-sleeved empire waist gowns. It’s a singular look the London-based designer has crafted over the better part of two decades by immersing himself in art exhibits and fashion archives, including the world’s largest fashion collection at the British decorative arts and design museum the V&A. And it’s one that couldn’t be further from Gen Z’s predilection for bras-as-tops and hip cutouts that, in recent season, has permeated so many other runways. But as the mononymous creative sees it, that doesn’t mean he’s stuck in the past. Rather, it’s only by looking back that we can hope to make sense of the present.
