Preen
Designers: Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi

• “A welcome return to London Fashion Week for design duo Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi.” {The Cut/New York Magazine}
• “This is the duo’s first show in London after five years in New York and it crackled with originality.” {The Daily Telegraph}
• “It was the culmination of everything they had learned since showing in New York–concise, polished, desirable clothes, that well-balanced mix of pulse-racing fashion with real wearability that has become their trademark.” {ELLEuk.com}
• “Everything’s coming up roses (and reptilian printed) at Preen, and the unlikely mix of the two have ushered in a collection defined by its excellence in exotic luxury.” {FabSugar}
• “Thanks to the sheer, soft fabric choices, the animalistic pieces had a touch of femininity that helped them play well with the girlie rose-prints and solid tailoring that brought the evolution full circle toward the end of the show.” {fashionologie}
• “Was the venue a comment on the fashion industry during a recession, where survival of the fittest is more acutely relevant than ever? Or was it just the perfect ultra-modern location to show off how the brand has evolved since it set off for the Big Apple in 2007?” {Financial Times}
• “Thea Bregazzi and Justin Thornton came back with a super massive bang–and an elegant one at that.” {Grazia Daily Magazine}
• “Here’s to seeing how this couple evolves over the next 15 years.” {Refinery29}
• “There was precision in these silhouettes, in the crispness of a shirt or a wide, masculine-style kimono sleeve–little touches that mean so much when producing high-level fashion in such a competitive setting.” {Style.com}
• “They have the knack of making coherently wearable dresses, skirts, and shirts out of quite complex components like this season’s snake, crocodile, and stingray prints, and mixing them with Breton stripes before slicing and placing flounces and hemlines on diagonals.” {Vogue.com}
• “Fashion is an evolution. And this was an idea that Preen’s Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi managed to distil so brilliantly in their return-to-London show this morning, which aptly took place at the Darwin Centre, a venue that simply couldn’t have been more fitting and better named if it tried.” {Vogue.com UK}
• “Thornton and Bregazzi’s lighter, diaphanous fare offered a fresh, appealing take on a minimal aesthetic.” {WWD}