Designer Profile: Edward Sexton
Who: Edward Sexton - iconic Saville Row-based tailor well known for creating Bianca Jagger’s white tux wedding suit, dressing Twiggy, Jackie O and Lennon and McCartney and more recently helping Stella with her collections for Chloe.
What: Sexton made his fashion week debut with a A/W 08 collection for boys and girls that played with notions of classic English style teamed with a Sebastian Flyte-esque eccentricity. There were Crombie-style coats and double breasted jackets for debonair men whilst the ladies stepped out in jaunty braces, high-waisted trousers and long blazers (the sloaney navy number adorned with gold buttons being a personal favourite).
Why: His elegant designs effortlessly bridge the gap between traditional Saville Row heritage and modern romantic tailoring and he appeals to that nostalgic longing for a charmed life of ‘grown-up’ dressing that is dominating street style at the moment. Tip your hat, the master of tailoring has returned….
Visit edwardsexton.co.uk for more info!
Author: Katy Smail
a Illustration graduate from Edinburgh College of Art in 2007, and has spent the past year in a world of words, pictures, fashion and stories.
She works as a freelance fashion writer, while her illustrations 'like candyfloss sticking to wind blown lips' are found in publications like 'The Talent' and 'Curvy Annual 08', and are sold in 'Luna and Curious', Brick Lane, London.
