Lou Dalton

LOU DALTON

PRESS RELEASE – SPRING/SUMMER 2013

The Lou Dalton Spring/Summer menswear collection is representative of the obsessive compulsive behaviours that human nature often succumbs to;  whether it be adolescent infatuation, or darker tendencies resulting from blurring the boundaries between fantasy and reality.

This state of mind provides the means of escapism from the drudgery of everyday life.  It can both inspire creativity or destructiveness as perspectives shift.  The result is an altered idealism that can be both heroic and exasperating.

Initial inspiration came for re-watched old favourites from Taxi driver, Erazer Head to Breaking Away, where each protagonist is an outcast with imagines destinies that remove them from their limited edistence.

The dcollection plays on these influences;  sporting heroes are idolised through incorporating panels of sports-lux fabrics.  Shirts with built-in harnesses and garments with ergonomic cuts, varsity finesse is shows through dry wool mohair fabrics, and simple rib linen knitwear is inspired by the underdog ‘Cutters’.

The negative obsessive behavious of  Travis’ paranoia and the manifestation of Lynch’s sins, created the opportunity to distort preconceived forms and the chance to reinterpret garment silhouettes.

Finally a youthful colour palet of Black, Navy, Stone and Bordeaux complete the aesthetic.

The collection will be available to view in both London and Paris during the following events:-

LONDON COLLECTIONS MEN

Friday 15 June – Sunday 17 June 2012

8 a m – 7 p m daily

THE HOSPITAL CLUB

24 Endwell Street

London

WC2 H 9HQ

LONDON SHOW ROOMS MEN PARIS

Saturday 30th of June – Tuesday 3rd of July 2012

10 a m – 8 p m daily

Le LOFT

off Rue Saint Antoine 28

Impasse Guemenee

3 cour Berard, 75004 Paris (4eme)