Pre Fall ‘25 - The Journey
Desirable and functional, the 10th collection from award winning designer Rory William Docherty uses the past - both literally and figuratively - to create a thoughtful future. In various ways, The Journey reinforces the designer’s message that true style has no sell by date.
Artworks from previous seasons are spliced together to make new prints for fine cotton voile, sheer silk organza and lustrous silk satin. Taking it a step further, they are cut into strips and hand woven together. The result not only creates a nod to Docherty’s Scottish heritage with a play on tartan, but layers of print weave together, exploring the relationship between 2D and 3D, to form a filmy sheath dress that appears to gently unravel at the hem.
Shirting is a constant theme for RWD. Drawing inspiration from the white pages of his sketchbooks, crisp white cotton ‘sheets of paper’ extend from shirt sleeves. They flutter as an open book around a skirt, and unfurl from necklines and bodices.
The Journey’s trans-seasonal clothes balance the practical with the poetic, redefining the RWD brand DNA along the way. View the collection in store at Poepke now.