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LONDON, United Kingdom — Lou Dalton referenced family back pages, remembering the country hikes she and her brother used to take as inspiration for her "new urban uniform," of nylon sportswear, accessorised with TEVA sandals, compression socks, waterproof document holders round the neck and knitwear that mapped out a route.
Proportions were odd — droopy shoulders, shorts and trousers with volume in odd places — which was possibly authentic, given that obsessive hikers have their own sartorial peculiarities (Dalton's nylon coats over bare legs conveyed some of that oddness).
But one thing the designer continues to get right is her choice of soundtrackist. Horse Meat Disco's James Hillard delivered a blinder, from A Certain Ratio's Knife Slits Water to A Guy Called Gerald's Voodoo Ray, with aWheel Me Out stopover. If Dalton could come up with the new urban uniform to match that mix, I'd be first in the queue.
