Henry Holland: Dion lee is doing really well and has been showing in London for the last few seasons, I think his stuff is great.
HO: What similarities do you see between the way girls dress in London and in Sydney?
HH: Other than the obvious climate differences, I think Aussie girls definitely have their own style. When I was designing the collection for Sportsgirl, I tried to create something the Aussie girls would like.
HO: Are there any common threads running through this capsule and the Nana Rave collection you presented at London Fashion Week? The patchwork prints are very ‘grandma chic’…
HH: This season our muses were eccentric older ladies, grannies with crazy coloured hair and arms full of jewellery. The collection for Sportsgirl also plays strongly on a print story that was inspired by patchwork quilts. While they are quite graphic, they also evoke memories and feelings of my childhood and comfort.
HO: Where do you imagine girls wearing your clothes when you’re designing them?
HH: I really don’t mind where people wear my pieces as long as they make them feel good!
HO: A lot of critics were calling your London collection a more sophisticated, grown-up one than your previous outings. Is that something you were conscious of when designing it, or will House of Holland always be youthful and irreverent?
HH: I think as I grow up and mature then naturally my eye and tastes do too, so I think that this will be reflected in the collections. I did want to make the show a more sophisticated one but it will always have a youthful irreverent reference point.
HO: Do you have anything fun planned for your 30th birthday?
HH: Whhhyyyyy?! Stop reminding me! Yes I’m having a big party at my mum’s place in France for all my mates. And then it will never be spoken of again that I am OLD.
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