La Bagatelle

20 of La Bagatelle's 36 looks draw on a specific dress or craft tradition, as read from the photographs. The house is based in Denmark (inferred from the fashion week it shows at).

• Hand block print · India · South Asia11 looks

  Denmark → India*

  “Repeated small floral buta stamps in staggered rows with slight registration irregularities and an indigo-teal ground, typical of Indian hand block printing.”

• Ikat / patola · South Asian (unspecified) · South Asia3 looks

  Denmark → South Asian (unspecified)*

  “Turquoise cotton with feathered, blurred-edge white-and-blue diamond/flame motifs typical of resist-dyed ikat; likely Indian handloom ikat, though Central or Southeast Asian ikat also possible.”

• Campero boots · Spain · European folk & regional dress2 looks

  Denmark → Spain*

  “Tall dark brown leather riding boots with contrasting lighter top band and tasselled side pulls, characteristic of Spanish botas camperas.”

• Mughal floral · India · South Asia2 looks

  Denmark → India*

  “Single upright flowering plants with symmetrical leaves, arranged in regular rows, following the Mughal botanical buta layout.”

• Zardozi · India · South Asia2 looks

  Denmark → India*

  “Dense raised metallic gold floral embroidery with sequins and beads forming wide borders along fronts, hem and pocket welts, typical of zardozi/dabka work.”

• Pankou / frog closures · China · East AsiaLook 25

  Denmark → China*

  “Row of knotted fabric ball buttons with loop fastenings down the centre front, in contrasting navy, typical of Chinese pankou knot closures.”

• Kasuri · Japan · East AsiaLook 1

  Denmark → Japan*

  “Indigo ground with scattered small white cross/igeta-like marks and red dashes with blurred, feathered edges typical of kasuri weft ikat; Indian cotton ikat also possible.”

• Ikat / patola · Central Asian (unspecified) · Central AsiaLook 14

  Denmark → Central Asian (unspecified)*

  “Feathered, blurred-edge magenta flame bands on blue ground typical of ikat; could equally draw on Uzbek adras, Indian or Southeast Asian ikat, or Andean weaving.”