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AS THE head of his own-name label for over 25 years, Paul Costelloe knows how to do something right. And in just three days' time, all will be revealed as the designer once again kicks off proceedings at London Fashion Week, opening six days of shows with his autumn/winter 2008-9 collection. "It's like a poisoned chalice," explains the Dublin-born designer of the benchmark spot on the Fashion Week schedule. "All of a sudden we seem to have been landed with it - I think this is the third time now - but it's become an advantage." Right now,
Amanda Wakeley returns home - Telegraph_1597, it's an elegant period building in central London - Costelloe points out its slight Dickensian feel - which is playing host to this season's almost-but-not-quite-ready collection. "It was initiated from
The Golden Age of Couture exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum. I wanted to bring in that mood, but brought into 2008. There's a couture flair to it,
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听雨, which in contrast are used alongside duchess satins and organza. "I like experimenting with combinations and doing the unexpected" - a concept which has been extended to the development of the brand too. Since January, the catwalk collection has been stocked exclusively at Harrods, Knightsbridge, and there are plans for standalone stores - including a flagship store in London - in the pipeline. "We're going more on making a stronger statement, just making people more aware of the brand,
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