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Having Dolce & Gabbana buy his entire 2002 graduate collection at Central Saint Martins generated more than enough buzz for budding fashion talent Richard Nicoll. He won the British Fashion Council's Fashion Forward Award in 2006, and again in 2007, snagging the French ANDAM fellowship the same year. He was first applauded for his eye-catching tees and sculptural, Victoriana-inspired shirts, and Nicoll’s takes on “futurism” and “romanticism” (as he’s put it) drive his newer designs. Recent collections have built from puritan-inspired styles—think sheer, sculptural bibs and square, body-framing shifts—and branched out to grown-up minimalism by way of modern, color-blocked iterations on the pantsuit.
“It may have been inspired by the Amish, but Richard Nicoll's collection was far from staid or dour. The designer put a sexy spin on some austere silhouettes, turning out sheer shirts with biblike collars, layered chiffon and silk skirts, and diaphanous floor-length shirtdresses worn over trousers. He also worked some tailored pieces into the collection, toying with tuxedo trousers and jacket shapes.”—Women's Wear Daily Staff Women's Wear Daily
“Minimalist elegance is a concept that's slipped from view since the late nineties, but in London it's marching back. The standard bearer is Richard Nicoll, whose show re-energized the monochrome aesthetics of clean, sporty dressing by drenching it in great doses of color-blocked tangerine, cyclamen, nude, and aqua.”—Sarah Mower Style.com
“What Nicoll does very well is shirts. He's even evolved his own signature shape, which is tight, strict, tucked to under the bust, and then floaty below, sometimes with extra long tails for good measure. That's a good look for a lot of women, and quite a smattering in the audience were already wearing his Victoriana winter version.”—Sarah Mower Style.com
“I think there's an Australian influence in my work—everything's quite clean and quite graphic and quite light….”—Richard Nicoll Sydney Morning Herald
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