Emilia Wickstead’s Prince of Wales check commands the evening
The Emilienne top in black and white check made its mark at Harper's Bazaar's Women of the Year Awards, where Claudia Winkleman was honoured as Television Icon of the Year.
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The Emilienne top from Emilia Wickstead arrived at Harper’s Bazaar’s Women of the Year Awards dressed in a pattern of singular restraint and considerable sophistication. In black and white Prince of Wales check, it spoke the language of tailored precision that has long defined the house, with its geometric geometry worn beneath an oversized black blazer that deepened the contrast and underscored the top’s architectural clarity.
The piece carries the particular intelligence Emilia Wickstead brings to eveningwear: the checked silk catches light with the subtlety of fine weaving, its monochrome palette offering the wearer an almost infinite range of combinations. Worn by Claudia Winkleman, who was named Television Icon of the Year at the ceremony, the top demonstrated how pattern and proportion can convey authority without noise, how graphic design becomes something quietly powerful when rendered in the finest materials and cut with absolute precision.
The Emilienne top combines formality with an unexpected sense of movement, its sharp geometry softened by the body beneath, creating the kind of duality that distinguishes the designer’s work from season to season. It is tailoring as contemporary intelligence, a piece that moves between boardroom and evening with the ease of someone entirely certain of its place in her wardrobe.
The Emilienne top in Prince of Wales check is available in store and online through Emilia Wickstead.
Imagery courtesy of Emilia Wickstead (@emiliawickstead).