Like many designers on display at our recent Fashion Week, Little Tailleur is having an unexpected moment in fashion. Far from escaping the stylish Parisian aesthetic and pretty-girl details, these are all still apparent, Little Tailleur seems to be adding a greater sense of whimsy for summer, a real delicacy that surprises even the most ardent of fans.

Georgette, designer of Little Tailleur, says of the collection, “It’s fresh…softer in silhouette and one of my favourite“. The season was inspired by the savant of the great French poet Victor Hugo, by his reigning spirit of freedom, and his precocious passion and eloquence. Stumbling across Hugo’s words on an old copy of the Herald Tribune, hoarded from her days living in Paris several years ago, it sums up Little Tailleur to a ‘t’. Furthering the romantic cause, there’s also a nod towards the free, bohemian boldness of the seventies, an ode to Ossie Clark and his work with Celia Birtwell.

Nary a ruffle or floral in sight, instead the collection captures the nomadic, audacious and often anti-bourgeois attitude of the era. It’s a burst of colourful inspiration captured perfectly in Little Tailleur’s signature french seams and fine silks. And, like Clark, has also worked print into specific pieces, though perhaps in a far less flamboyant manner. Speaking of her use of print, “An artist friend, Jess Leitmanis, designed the Beaugrenelle print for me, which I love. Jess is an amazing artist whose work is organic and free spirited.” It sounds like a perfect collaboration in attitude and appreciation, which is exactly what one expects with a Little Tailleur collection.