SS 2024


  St Tropez Summer

Spring Summer 2024 Richards Radcliffe immerses you into the cacophony of the Cote d’Azur. The Mediterranean Sea glistens, the Provencal flowers are abundant, and the sun kissed air engulfs you. Days spent meandering the streets of the Old Town and Vieux Port are capped with clinquant cocktail evenings in Club55 and nights dancing at Les Caves Du Roy. This is a collection of two halves; strength and delicacy, leather and georgette, micro and maxi lengths, sparkling surface textures and the powerful undercurrents of mixed fabrications, beautifully hand beaded and boldly topstitched nappas. This is a collection for spring days and summer nights. This is a collection for multifaceted femininity.
 
The season starts with beautiful by-product leathers in shades of Sky Blue and Aqua next to blooming Viburnum Pinks and shimmering Gold and Silver Metallics. Belted trench coats that are stunningly topstitched in perfect panel matches and intricately hand-interwoven leather jackets, provide layered dressing as the days gently warm. The leather jumpsuit is our hero piece as a one item outfit for Spring offered in several silhouettes and new seasonal hues.
 
The collection then evolves from the art of tanning nappa into the meticulous craftmanship of hand beading. The wrap dress dominates, allowing the warm breeze to engulf the silhouette with seductively flowing sheers and sumptuous liquid-like satins. Classic stripes are broken up and bled out in artworks that feel more tigress than timid. Sunbeams glitter ball from sequin micro mini wrap dresses with vintage inspired floral motifs. Long flowing gowns are split to the hip for flashes of form hiding beneath the beautifully demure. Bead-encrusted micro jumpsuits cry out for nights spent in revelry by the shoreline. These are pieces with the essence of Bardot, Donyale Luna and Veruschka running through their seams.

01  |
REGENTS HAND SEQUIN MAXI WRAP DRESS
Grey Mix on Silver Grey Ground

02  |

ROSEHILL HAND SEQUIN MINI WRAP DRESS
Sky Blue / Ice

03  |

REGENTS HAND SEQUIN MINI WRAP DRESS 
Aqua Mix on Silver Grey Ground

04 |

SHEERWATER HAND BEADED & SEQUIN 3 QUARTER SLEEVED MINI JUMPSUIT
Aqua Mix

05 |

BLOOMSBURY HAND BEADED MAXI WRAP DRESS
Spearmint

06 |

ROSEHILL HAND SEQUIN MINI WRAP DRESS
Ice / Blush

07 |

KINGSTON HAND BEADED VISCOSE GEORGETTE WRAP GOWN
Blush

08 |

REGENTS HAND SEQUIN MINI WRAP DRESS 
Ruby Reds Mix on Shell Ground

09 |

BLOOMSBURY HAND BEADED MINI WRAP DRESS
Viburnum Pink

10 |

SHEERWATER HAND BEADED & SEQUIN 3 QUARTER SLEEVED MINI JUMPSUIT
Apricot / Blush Mix

11 |

ROSEHILL HAND SEQUIN MINI WRAP DRESS
Gold / Black

12 |

SYON HAND BEADED GEORGETTE MAXI WRAP GOWN
Ice White

13 |

SYON HAND BEADED VISCOSE CADY SATIN GOWN
Black

14 |

CLERKENWELL RIBBON TIE SHOULDER MAXI DRESS
Sky Blue

15 |

RICHMOND BY-PRODUCT LEATHER TOPSTITCHED TRENCH COAT
Sky Blue

15 |

KNIGHTSBRIDGE HAND INTERWOVEN BY-PRODUCT LEATHER JACKET
Aqua

 PETERSHAM BY-PRODUCT LEATHER SHORTS
Aqua

16 |

PETERSHAM BY-PRODUCT LEATHER MINI JUMPSUIT
Sky Blue

17 |

BELGRAVIA SMOCKED SHIRT
Black

 PETERSHAM BY-PRODUCT LEATHER PETAL DETAIL MINI SKIRT
Viburnum Pink

 

 

CREDITS
 
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART DIRECTION:
Tim Kent | mail@timkent.co.uk
 
HAIR AND MAKE UP:
Tracey Quinn | traceyquinn0@gmail.com
 
MODEL:
Thialda Bok | Milk Model Management
 
STYLING:
Tess Richards | tess@richardsradcliffe.com