Report by Stevie Brown. Photography by Tyrone Lebon

“They’re just a dog’s dinner of frills and fluff,” jokes show stylist Lucy Ewing. No, we’re not talking about some front-row attention seeker,
but the beautiful handmade rings that had everyone in a lather at Betty Jackson. These accessories, made of tulle, velvet, beads and just about anything else they could get their hands on, added the perfect final flourish to Betty’s uplifting summer collection.
The whole thing became a family affair, too. “Everyone has helped make them in the past two days,
but it was chiefly down to Betty’s daughter and god-daughter,” explains Ewing. As the models all clamoured over the accessories box to self-style their fingers prior to the show, their popularity made one thing clear: the pieces will be going into production for the Spring/Summer 2010 collection. Whether Jackson’s poor family will be roped into long nights of handicraft to make this happen or not is still unclear. Glue guns at the ready…

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