On the 16th floor of a Brutalist office block, actor Joely Richardson chatted in the front row at the Roksanda London fashion week show, her salmon-pink two-piece accessorised with kingfisher tights and dramatic hand gestures.
The poetic extravagance of the clothes she was there to see – glowing clouds of sunflower organza, lavishly draped tangerine silks – was matched by the skyline which peacocked its beauty through the glass walls.