I must say, I want more of Emilia Wickstead....

Just seen this collection, and what a lovely one at that.  I am not too familiar with Emilia Wickstead, but I will be from now on.

What I particularly liked about this collection is that although it had one type of customer in mind, it also catered to the different personalities of a woman...one which is demure and girly...and the other is sexy and has an extra va va voom!  The demure and girly girl can pick and choose from lovely mid lenght pleated skirts, lovely Paris printed shift tops and the type of dress you would wear at a quintessentially English tea party in the middle of a summer's day.  We are talking of a real lady here.

The other more "sexy" side is shown with tiny rompers, pleated short revealing waistcoats and deep, pleated v-neckline tops and dresses, which featured a lovely peplum.

Although the colour scheme was kept fairly light and sugary, the collection felt breezy without feeling too girly.  The use of pleats instead of frills would have definately helped this, but also, the use of silhouette.  The shapes were clean, modern and had some lovely exaggerated form at parts (such as dropped seam shoulder and midi flounced skirt)

I won't need to worry what to wear to a picnic/fabulous garden party as I can definately take inspiration from here....now i'm only waiting for an invitation and for summer to come...