After seeing Inbar Spector‘s absolutely stunning collection at LFW, I was really interested to find out more about the lady behind the label, her influences and inspiration. Showing collections with a dark, gothic aesthetic she also perfectly suited our newest Little Book of Horrors theme! Sadly I didn’t get a chance to see her face to face (I had a quick dash to Meadham Kirchhoff all the way over the other side of town!) but I was lucky to catch a few words with a busy Inbar her via email…

What was your inspiration behind this season’s collection?
The fire at Haifa in Israel that destroyed a large part of Mount Carmel was something that really affected me and instigated the creation of this collection. After I began designing I was inspired by the themes of nightmares and violence which formed a big part of my designs.
On your website there is a quote from Vogue stating your work is “outrageous” would you agree and why?
I absolutely don’t have any problem with that. I would like to give people the freedom to interpret and take my creations to where they feel is right for them. If people think I’m outrageous I look at it as a compliment to me and my work for being completely unique.
It also says your gothic inspired vision seems most at home in London - why do you think this is?
I guess it’s because people here in London are very open to new things and to my ideas. London is an excellent environment to launch something new, unique and different.
Talking of goths - there seems to be a big gothic revival going on, would you say your collections are a part of that?
It would be an amazing honour to think I have anything to do with that. Every designer’s dream is to leave an impact on the world and people around them.
However, this season your collection seemed to move away from ‘goth’ and was much more pretty, almost girly - what caused this shift and was it intentional?
Yes it was intentional but you can’t see the final result until the models are walking on the catwalk…. The theme of the season was nightmares and I wanted to contradict the feelings of something happy (like a wedding or the circus) with something violent like a war zone. That’s the reason I choose smoked green and pink as this symbolises fire decay, the gold and silver symbolise the fire and white symbolises the hospital and the idea of death.
Do you design with a specific person in mind?
Yes, I always think about myself when I design. If I like to wear it I’m happy and if not I continue to work on it… I’m someone who is hard to please
The giant cloud-like dresses were definitely my favourite looks of the collection - how long did each take to create!? (They were SPECTACULAR!)
This is CRAZY work to do and it took sooo much time to complete… this is the perfect opportunity to thank my studio team who did an amazing job and pushed themselves to their limits – well done girls, I love you all!
You have achieved so much already but where do you hope to be in 5 years time?
Thanks! I would like to aim as high as possible; I truly believe that only you create your own boundaries and limits and you can always surprise yourself and push yourself further than you initially thought. It will be an absolute dream come true to design for one of the big houses in Paris and make a real impact there, but I’ll be very happy to continue with my work and build a strong business structure like we are doing now. I’m currently launching my online shop which will contain all of the outfits that were shown. This will happen next month (October) and I’m very very excited about that.
Now as our next issue is horror themed I just have a few silly scary questions..
What top 3 things are you most afraid of?
Cockroaches, traffic accidents and terror attacks
If you could haunt someone for a day, who would it be and why?
My sister – she is hilarious, I love her and I’d love to see her reactions
What’s your scariest moment been in your career so far?
A fluorescent light cage fell a few millimetres from one of my assistants head once… that was a really scary moment!!! I always think about how lucky we were!
Daisy x