School of Style

TEMPERLEY LONDON 

If you live in London, you know Alice Temperley as the legendary party hostess whose signature jersey dresses dot every British It Girl in sight. If you live in America, you know Alice Temperley as the really pretty, really expensive designer whose fancy frocks mercifully hit Target last year. And after viewing her price tags, and settle over your sticker shock you somehow wish this recession was close to ending.  Needless to say, the genius of Alice Temperley blew minds once again during New York’s Fall 09RTW Fashion Week.   Coming down the runway, were tunics with jeweled necklines, high-waisted genie pants, and intarsia sweater dresses trimmed in colorful pompoms, as well as towering ponyskin fezzes. If that verged on overload, sharp military tailoring, gold-studded leather jackets and coats, and figure-forming stretch dresses won points for adding a sexier edge to this designer’s formula. That continued into evening via gold military cording on crepe de chine. All in all, this was a leaner, meaner Temperley—leaving you with that child like sensation.  I WANT, I WANT, I WANT…