Katie Roberts-Wood wears Roberts-Wood - The Face

The Dover Street Market stocked designer meticulously crafts every single piece by hand without a stitch in sight. Words: Brooke McCord Photography: Hazel Gaskin 13th August 2019 “Everything happens for a reason,” says Nottingham-born, London-based designer Katie Roberts-Wood who modestly describes her success as ​“part intention, part accident, part complete wild card.” She’s perched on a chair in her studio at East London’s Lee Alexander McQueen Sarabande Foundation – at which she is a designer in residence – and is surrounded by intricate three-dimensional dresses, tops and coats. Featuring her ​“signature ruffles”, they hang playfully from the ceiling in a palette that screams ​“gothic romance”. ​“I don’t regret the path that I took because I think it informs the very unique way that I work.” Katie’s ​“path” was a medical degree – arguably not the most conventional route into fashion design (but who’s judging?) – and the ​“unique” way in which she works makes for truly mesmerising

The Dover Street Market stocked designer meticulously crafts every single piece by hand without a stitch in sight. Words: Brooke McCord Photography: Hazel Gaskin 13th August 2019 “Everything happens for a reason,” says Nottingham-born, London-based designer Katie Roberts-Wood who modestly describes her success as ​“part intention, part accident, part complete wild card.” She’s perched on a chair in her studio at East London’s Lee Alexander McQueen Sarabande Foundation – at which she is a designer in residence – and is surrounded by intricate three-dimensional dresses, tops and coats. Featuring