From out of the dressing room and bedroom, satin slippers and silk scarves slipped into lounges, drawing rooms and speakeasies.
For absolute excessive statement making then the cult couturier Ziad Ghanem surely is one of the masters of the art.
In fact it doesn’t matter who your style icon is, there’s a way of incorporating a dash of je ne sais quois into every outfit.
McQueen turned his masterful eye on the Victorian period and on Dickens' derelict London to deal a new hand in Soiree ready tailoring.