Gareth Pugh
Designer: Gareth Pugh

• “The raw shock-factor–Pugh’s signature–was short-lived for once. It soon gave way to a series of softer, elegant and more mature looks in sweeping vermilion, black fringing and pale dove gray. … Could Wednesday’s show have been a coming of age for London’s enfant terrible?” {The Associated Press}
• “Voluminous, silver Renaissance gowns, fringed frocks, and ruffled shirting inspired by ‘Latin American cockfighting’ … were deftly fused into a cohesive lineup. Now that’s impressive.” {Daily Front Row}
• “For Spring 2013, the British expatriate took some of the shapes and feelings of that murky time several hundred years before the Renaissance and distilled them into a near-futuristic collection of dresses with angel sleeves, portrait necklines, and flashes of embellishment restrained by a limited color palette.” {fashionologie}
• “Today, in his fourth year on the Paris catwalk, it felt like London-based designer Gareth Pugh completed his metamorphosis into a fully fledged, top-flight European designer.” {Style.com}
• “Gareth Pugh visited the Middle Ages and pared back his dark futurism to regal effect. … Pugh should let his armor down more often.” {WWD}