Fashion: Designs on one-off wonders

Apr 17 2008 by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post

Above Left: Kurta top, £125, model’s own jeans. Above Right: Silk cover up, £89.95, DKNY Ivy bag, £75, model’s own vest top

Owning individual items may not be beyond your budget, as Laura Davis discovers with the new limited edition range at Whistles

WE’D all love to be the envy of our friends and any other women we pass on the street, with an entire wardrobe of one-off designs.

No longer would there be a risk of spotting a skinnier girl wearing the same dress as you on the dancefloor.

Above Left: Garnament white dress, £295. Above Right: Embellished dress, £240

Of course, unless your numbers came up on the Lotto last week, then this is merely the stuff of dreams.

But you might want to check out Whistles’ new range of limited edition pieces. Only a few of us will be lucky enough to own them, but they come without the matching price tag.

Candy dress, £395

* THE imposing Grade II-listed Il Palazzo is the backdrop for this week’s fashion shoot.

Built in 1895 as one of Liverpool’s first banks, it has been faithfully restored with its plaster friezes and blue pearl granite columns still intact.

A dedicated concierge looks after the businesses occupying the offices inside, and there is also a VIP lounge and meeting rooms.

Kurta top, £125

Notes

Location: Il Palazzo, 11, Water Street, Liverpool, www.il-palazzo.co.uk, tel: 0800 652 2336

Model: Zoe Griffiths, of Absolute, www.absolutemodelmanagement.co.uk, tel: 0151 707 0505

Photographer: Jason Roberts

Stylist: Laura Davis

Hair: Elaine Skidmore at Voodou, 11 Stanley Street, Liverpool, tel: 0844 4457889

Make-up: Kayla Irvine at Voodou

Stockist: Clothes from Whistles, Metquarter, Whitechapel, Liverpool, tel: 0151 227 9327; bag from Kate Kuba, Metquarter, tel: 0151 227 4777

lauradavis@dailypost.co.uk