Inspired by the spirit and passion of Jacobite rebellion, with the bravery of Flora MacDonald and the harsh landscape and climate of Skye particularly influential comes the Fall 2010 collection for Lou Dalton.
Lou Dalton’s career began back in her home country of Shropshire when she left school at 16 to take up an apprenticeship in bespoke tailoring and pattern cutting. A desire to play a more creative role led to further studies, resulting in a masters degree in Menswear from the Royal College of art in 1998.
On graduation, Lou moved to Italy and worked as a design consultant, a job she would remain in on her return to London, with her clients including the likes of Hamish Morrow and Stone Island.
Ever honing her aesthetic and eager to create her own menswear collection, Lou Dalton was launch in 2005 and has since steadily developed a reputation for rebellious ‘English’ sportswear.
Showing little sign of the brand’s popularity waning, each collection has been stocked relatively widely across the UK, Europe and Japan with collaborative projects like a diffusion line for Topshop and a collaboration with Rodnik taking Lou’s aesthetic to an even greater audience.
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