Louise Trotter is focused on meeting the needs and wants of the Joseph customer, and for her, that process is as much about considering how a garment feels and functions as it is about how it looks. This puts me rather at a disadvantage when assessing her collections, of course.
However, that a pale blue volumized dress in panels of differently patterned broderie anglaise looked easily beautiful I can totally attest. A little silk suite of plissé skirt, shirt, and long dress in two variations of a check taken from a man’s cravat then tweaked for color were also lovely to the eye. Her shaggy sheepskin slippers and kitten heels were both appealing, the slippers cute in their twistedness. An oversized coat/shirtdress felt both substantial and light to the touch thanks to its construction in acetate viscose and carried an aspect of dramatic authority. Black nappa overshirts and slouchy pants, gently floral silk shirts with attachable scarves, pleated skirts, and lace-trimmed slip dresses and skirts were all fine examples of their kind.
Trotter said: “I think we have to give people a reason to buy nowadays in a world where we have everything. And it’s often the nuances and the details—aspects we are obsessed with—that inspire customers.”
