Christopher Kane’s stunning designs are meant for the dowdy ‘duck’ rather than the swan.

The toast of the town this Fashion Week, Glaswegian Christopher Kane is fizzing with adrenaline. ‘The Red Bull’s just kicked in! So I’m on a high’.

That high no doubt has something to do with the incredible collection he’s just shown, to an eagerly anticipating audience of buyers, journalists and celebrities.

His first collection, shown in 2006, went down a unanimous storm, initiating meetings with Anna Wintour and a job offer from Donatella Versace.

Those super short and tight neon body-con bandage dresses whipped up a fashion storm, and Kane has been riding a wave of success for the past four seasons.

All his designs are conceived and produced in his small studio in Dalston, all the pieces are hand finished, overseen by Christopher and his sister, muse, sidekick and fit model Tammy Kane.

This collection is aimed at the unconventionally sexy woman. The Christopher Kane woman is ‘dowdy, unsexy, she doesn’t know her power’. Kane describes her as ‘the girl in the corner, who thinks she’s un-pretty, when she’s actually the most beautiful’.

The designs were inspired by the aesthetics of 1970s Australian soap operas, ‘the way they were shot, they had a hue, a tone’.

He’s also inspired by the models in the show. ‘They have a character, you don’t need to do much to them, I just wanted to embody the character of the girls’.

Christopher also told us that this collection is much more edited than previous shows. ‘It’s good to edit, and clean, and I think this season I really tidied up my attitude, much more day wear’. The denim and pleated fabrics are more daywear leaning than his previous collection of black ruched and pleated leather dresses.

We can’t wait to see what on earth comes next. Roll on London Fashion Week 2008!

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