Lily Allen ’s West End Girl wardrobe started with a pair of boots. Valentino polka-dot moire boots, to be precise. As soon as stylist Leith Clark spotted them in Alessandro Michele’s vibe-shifting debut spring/summer 2025 collection for the house, she knew she needed them for Lily. “Valentino was very important,” Clark says of the “specific feeling” at the heart of the creative direction, and so, when the Fashion Awards 2025 invite landed in Lily’s inbox, they knew Michele was the man to call.

A clutch of custom sketches from Rome later, and Lily and Leith were sold on a regal golden gown detailed with elegant lace and long cuffs. “In terms of the story we’re telling, it felt like the natural extension of the Madeline Halloween costume and the Colleen Allen CFDA Awards look ,” expl

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