Introduction to Trotter’s New Work

We got a look at Trotter’s new work at this year’s film festival in Cannes when Julianne Moore, a long-time friend of the house, trotters first design for Bottega Veneta was premiered: a black, braided dress with a quack detail that embodied a sophisticated, minimalist elegance. Vicky Krieps now wore Trotter’s backless Intrecciato or woven leather, which is littered with wide white pants. "Vicky and Julianne were a conversation – woman to wife, creative to creative," says Trotter. "Reflect and honor these looks and who they are."

The Story of Woven Leather

The woven leather was of course part of Italy forever, especially in the hills around Florence, but Bottega Veneteta’s breakthrough was to tilt the tissue on a diagonal shifting into tilting and elegant shift, which alleviated the structure of the bags and made it an unmistakable, lived grace. Trotter’s mission is to expand this story in such a way that the bags shape the body and "feel like an expansion of the person," she says.

Inspiration from the City

Trotter who is a large flaneur (or more precisely a Cycler, It is much of their inspiration to observe other women in the whole city. "I see fashion less than art than something I used to bring joy," she says. "Great design should lead to feeling safe and helping them lead their best life."

Childhood and Creative Roots

The roots of Trotter’s sensitivity can be attributed to their childhood in Sunderland, a coastal city in northern England, which merges rough beauty and industrial austerity measures – a duality that shaped their creative views. "What was missing from people," she says, "they have made up for their heart and warmth again." Her grandmother was a seamstress who presented her in the world of fashion, and Trotter spent hours experimenting with her sewing machine.

Early Experiments with Fashion

What started to make clothes for her dolls ("I didn’t have too many because I was a bit of a wild catch"), continued with curtains and tablecloths and finally school uniforms. "I was my poor mother’s horror," she says with a laugh. "She would buy my uniform and within the first week I had chopped her completely apart. At that time, clothing was a form of flight and transformation. It is still."

Influence of the London Rave Scene

This instinctive urge for the rebellion remained with her. After graduating from Northumbria University in Newcastle with a degree in fashion, she turned into the lively London Rave scene of the 90s. "This world had something magical," she recalls, remembering finding her way to secret nomadic parties. "It was a real time of self-expression and freedom," she says. "Joy Is the word I would say. There was a feeling of discovery in the air – one of social media in which everything felt fresh and urgent. "