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"    Photo: Alessandro Lucioni   The opulent ballroom of the Grand Connaught Rooms played host to Temperley London&amp;#039;s latest showing on Sunday\u2014a light and fresh Spring collection titled &amp;quot;Return to Elegance&amp;quot; and inspired by Sophia Loren and couture models of the 1950s. With a soft and uncomplicated silhouette created to emphasize timeless femininity, Alice Temperley played with notions of class and sophistication by mixing fabrics and using tiers of sheer panels and latticed tulle hand-embroidered with Swarovski crystals. We caught the designer backstage to ask her about elegance, femininity, and working with in-demand London stylist and Dazed &amp;amp;amp; Confused fashion editor Katie Shillingford. ELLE: Alice, what does elegance mean to   you? Alice Temperley: I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance she doesn&amp;#039;t date. I think that a woman that is elegant herself is somebody who can dress herself easily and effortlessly. It&amp;#039;s like she is wearing the clothes rather than the clothes are wearing her. And when a woman walks into a room and you look at her and she seems perfect in every way. You don&amp;#039;t just think, God, what&amp;#039;s that skirt she&amp;#039;s wearing? She has to understand exactly what works for her. And then glamour&amp;#039;s a different thing, too. [With glamour] she can walk in and you&amp;#039;re immediately saying, &amp;quot;Oh my God! That woman!&amp;quot; ELLE: So elegance is what we need right now? AT: I think a return to elegance is key for the moment because people are buying things that last. It&amp;#039;s simple to buy things that transcend seasons, things that are classics. And I like that really. I don&amp;#039;t try to be in fashion, I don&amp;#039;t try to follow trends. You just end up out of fashion that way. [Elegance] is really what I like, and this has been naturally evolving in the collections each season. ELLE: Do you think it is difficult for women to be elegant these days? AT: With the time that they have, yes. But it&amp;#039;s about finding out what really suits you. It might be the blouses you like, or something with a high waist, or it might be that it&amp;#039;s good to show your legs. Just working out what the best thing about a woman&amp;#039;s body. It could be her eyes or her lips. But working out what it is and sticking to it, perfecting it, rather than trying too much. I think women could probably have a bit more time in their wardrobes to figure that out, with how busy everyone is. But once you get it, it&amp;#039;s good to stick to it. ELLE: That really came across in the looks as well. What was working with stylist Katie Shillingford like? AT: It was lovely! She is a really really lovely person to work with. She is so calm, and this has been our calmest season so far backstage. Our whole team was involved and everyone really really enjoyed it. See the Spring 2013 Temperley London collection. See all the Spring 2013 Ready-to-Wear collections.   Photo: Alessandro Lucioni "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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