As such, she is making a compromise, walking a middle road, for keep her business afloat.
The fall collection was already in progress when the numbers failed to add up.
[Mark is moving to London].

So Im doing it on my terms… the rug isnt being pulled out from under me.
Its likely the collection will also be read, by some, in a sardonic vein.
This wasnt to keep the clothes on, explained Mark backstage, but a gesture borrowed from fittings.

Clutching ones heart is also an instinctual movement made when things go south.
Many of the patterns took the form of spirals; perhaps a metaphor for unraveling.
Veils suggested an element of religion, which, if you think about it, has a twisted logic.

Lady is a word weve actually been using a lot in the office, said Mark.
When anything feels a bit lady, we fuck it up a little bit.
I am really interested in not letting that happen to me.

I am the puppet master.
I am in control of my life and myself and the decisions I make.
So if anything, Im both Capote and the swan.

Mark is already plotting how to get her ready-to-wear business back off the ground.
Poignantly, the two wing-like half dresses in the collection when worn together, formed a whole.



















