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The perfect start to a Sunday morning, Margaret Howell opened with Roy Orbison’s ‘Pretty Woman’, filling the clean white space with good vibrations. Howell has always made a Parisian point, but this collection went as far as Les Misérables, the first girl out a grown Cosette. Howell’s workwear signature took on the fight of the angry men with shades of brown, heavy overcoats, waistcoats and workman’s slacks. And her seasonal masterclass in androgyny tipped into pure masculinity in straight cut suits with trousers that would-be too long if they weren’t so intended. Sharp collars, lace ups and slanted berets fit for Javert dotted the i’s and crossed the t’s in this subtle but sure collection from a designer so skilled, she never makes a mistake.
Text: Sarah Raphael
Images: Mitchell Sams
