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While waiting in a crowded reception room for the Horace show, I found myself standing next to a group that perfectly encapsulated the Horace spirit – rainbow haired, pierced and dressed in fluid layers of jersey and denim, new generation punks that were a walking talking advert for the label.

A favourite of Agyness Deyn, Horace’s AW09 collection was inspired by 18th century monks and featured a muted palette of greys with splashes of acidic colour and blocks of black and white. But as for the collection, it was very good. Elegant jumpsuits were seen alongside smart skirts and shirts and gucci shoes, and cute pinafores. This is actually one of their better collections like tiffany jewelry, I often feel PPQ coast along creating nice designs but being a real success thanks to their celeb following. I thought this was a much more design orientated collection, gone are the jerseys and simple shapes, and instead we are greeted to tailoring and fabulous layering.
However the shredded denims (very Balmain), molten lava leggings, and boyfriend jumpers were 90s-tastic and for those of you who still aren’t over McQueen’s skull print, you’ll love the scarf with fist-size skull baubles weighing down each end.

Young, edgy and fun, Horace’s wearable separates were a breath of fresh air in this current climate of classic, safe, and monotone collections.
The PPQ show is always a star-studded event and sure enough Alexa and Peaches were there, with Daisy, Alice and Pixie strutting their stuff down the runway. But the show ran so late, caused such bedlam that journalists were left really rather displeased. The show ran in Burlington Arcade, where PPQ currently has a pop up shop. This was one of the main criticisms of the presentation, there was no space. Looking at the models, it was surprising they didn’t trip over all those feet and Louis Vuitton handbags.