Atten-hut, it’s time for the desert rats to come out and play. Richard James of Savile Row took us to the faraway reaches of the Saharan desert today and stationed us with the desert rat troopers of the late Thirties. This traversing of the orient frontier informed SS James quite determinedly, and gave us a number of features that then basked us in military precision. Leisurely, that’s leisurely luxury to the highest ebb, materialised in finely tailored suits with all the appropriate trimmings, pared down often into chic big-game block colour shirt and slack, alternating from straight and form fitting to roomy, billowing and classic, combos.
Light wools, cotton and canvas mixes and clean-lined linen did some part in journeying into “the deep essence of the desert”, but mesh weave fabrics sheathed here and there blessed the collection with bold safari on Park Lane draw. This was further rooted by a whitewash of khaki, sand and olive base note hues, whereas fuchsias, citric oranges and mineral cobalt contrastingly elicited tropical emissions.
Still, it was all a little bit fun for the most part, and wry embellishments of rats and dustbowl florals on shirts topped it off equally as well as the Lock & Co game reserve toppers in a sizzling pink that finally fizzled away when Mr Sandman played them out fancifully at the show’s terminus.
by Liam Feltham
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