LFW: Erdem Puts a Modern Spin on Victorian Glamour

There was a deeply personal theme to Erdem’s Fall/Winter 2023 collection, which debuted at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. In the past designer Erdem Moralıoğlu’s influences have been as disparate as the lost art of tapestry and the British poet Edith Sitwell. But this season he sought inspiration closer to home — literally. Two years after moving into a renovated Georgian townhouse in the trendy London suburb of Bloomsbury, Moralıoğlu crafted a collection that paid homage to the house’s unexpected history. In the 1800s, the home served as the “Home of Hope for the Restoration of Fallen Women,” an evocatively… Read Full Article