Roksanda Ilincic Spring 2009

Roksanda Ilincic has carved out a reputation as London's avant-garde dressmaker—following somewhere in the slipstream of Lanvin and Saint Laurent. She uses a limited number of materials—satin, silk, ribbon, and handmade haberdashery flowers—relying more on an artless happenstance of wrapping and tying than precision-cutting and finishing. No surprise, then, that her Spring show was much the same as always—except that for the first time her venue was a lofty gallery space rather than a cozy tearoom or restaurant.