Thomas Godsall, a recent BA (Hons) Fashion Design graduate of the Cardiff School of Creative Industries is known for “subtle wit, an eye for detail and an ability to fuse past and present permeate his work”. Having worked with TERRA Knitwear design and having also having immerse himself in footwear and accessory design, Godsall is a multi-faceted designer, able to bring the same attention to detail to all he approaches.

“Girl Interrupted” evokes memories of other ages and tells a story inspired by the pages of a family photo-graph album covering the first half of the twentieth century. If this is nostalgia though the collection is nightmar-ish in its definition. Cut, outlines, shapes may have an echo of earlier eras but they are enmeshed with a darker edge. Hindsight tells us that these snapshot smiles would soon be replaced by the anxieties of conflicts and uncertainties.

The collection captures the mood but the tone is assertive; soaring heels and waist -cinching belts restrain the figure like an asylum straitjacket but these are designs for women who will not be tied down. Serviceable fab-rics, wearable tweeds are combined with lightweight knits to tease and disorientate.