Lou Dalton Menswear Spring/Summer 2016 London

Lou Dalton picked up somewhere near where Christopher Shannon left off yesterday – in the blissed-out, euphoric haze of a Balearic dawn. It was a bit of a jump to make, for a bleary-eyed fashion crowd, straggling through Bloomsbury on a damp London morning – but the mood was quick to take hold. Misty, billowing parkas and anoraks, t-shirts and fine knits printed with warped madras checked in pumpkin and cobalt blue, and fine monochrome Prince of Wales checks combined into a wardrobe that touched all the designer’s usual bases: lean shapes, soft tones, and deconstructed tailoring infused with sportswear details. Hunched blousons and slouchy utility pockets softened the collection’s outlines, disrupting the breezy rhythms of Dalton’s loose layers.