Mulberry
Designer: Emma Hill

• “Tweed checks, hounds-tooth twinsets, a cheeky ‘Rule Britannia’ catwalk soundtrack: Luxury brand Mulberry on Sunday delivered the most quintessentially British showcase yet at London Fashion Week.” [AP]
• “An autumnal collection of layered outerwear, for women with poor circulation.” [The Cut/New York Magazine]
• “Showed oversized navy and plaid knits over chopped–carrot-shaped trews, bags as big as hippos and thick-heeled, clumpy loafers.” [The Daily Mail]
• “Cara Delevingne and Max, the standard poodle, stormed the Mulberry catwalk in a succession of cropped trousers, oversized puff sleeves and gorgeous statement mohair jumpers that were so chunkily oversized they could easily do duty as coats.” [The Daily Telegraph]
• “This week at London Fashion Week she shifted up another gear. It was as if the designer had been looking to New York and Paris for inspiration such was the uber luxuriousness and grown-up attitude of the clothes.” [ELLEuk.com]
• “A darker take on the bounty of the English countryside informed Emma Hill’s Fall 2013 collection for Mulberry.” [fashionologie]
• “Mulberry upped the luxury ante with a mix of heavy plaids–often as super cosy sweaters as an alternative to the coat–rich tweeds, butter soft leathers, fur trims and increasingly investment priced bags in exotic skins.” [FT.com]
• “Struck the perfect balance of elegant and cool for a new, more grown-up glossy Mulberry girl about town.” [Grazia Daily]
• “Elegant and vivid.” [The Guardian]
• “After a while, watching all those swollen sleeves, giant sweaters, magnified checks, and mega-size pleats come down the runway put you in mind of a shrunken Alice, searching for the pill that would make her big again. The emphasis on disproportion was conscious here; one suspected that the slightly surreal effect was not.” [Style.com]
• “Tousled, woolly, and in a beautiful shade of pearly gray—and that was just the standard poodle that made not one but two appearances in the Mulberry show.” [Vogue.com]
• “‘Yes it’s grown-up but it’s still got that cheekiness. There’s still lots of us,’ summed up Hill.” [Vogue.com UK]
• “Hill also … layered what appeared to be mink onto collars and the fronts of jackets. ‘No one believes me but it’s not real fur. It’s straightened sheepskin. Sheep with a blow-dry.’” [WWD]