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"   Photo: Courtesy of Preen  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not really the right weather for this,&amp;quot; the caterer said as he passed us a coconut-flecked tropical drink with a flamingo cocktail stick just before the Preen spring 2014 show at the Natural History Museum&amp;#039;s Darwin Centre on Sunday. Luckily, Justin Thornton and Thea Bregazzi&amp;#039;s digital floral prints, ultra-light sheer underlays, summery Barbie pinks, and swimming-pool blues instantly took us out of the cold and into the warm embrace of Miami. Post-show, Thornton gave us his insight into the beautifully bright collection. You showed here last spring as well. What is it about this space that resonates with you? We just love it. For a summer show, it&amp;#039;s amazing. I really love the fact that it&amp;#039;s all glass. Also, for us showing in London, we need an iconic building. And it fits our aesthetic because it&amp;#039;s got the history but it&amp;#039;s super-modern at the same time. Last time you had a sort of animalistic theme. Yeah. This time we brought a bit of Miami to the [Darwin] Centre. We loved all of the pinks. [There&amp;#039;s a] fluorescent pink, but then there&amp;#039;s also pastel pink, and bubblegum pink\u2014lots of pinks! Even your daughter is running around in little pink socks. She&amp;#039;s wearing Mini Preen. She loves pink. We maybe influenced her with all the pink lines. But we let her wear whatever she wants. It&amp;#039;s always her choice. How do you spend your time away from fashion? Just family things. We like to take breaks. We have a little place in the country where we go to escape. And I like painting. Speaking of breaks, have you ever been to Miami? We&amp;#039;ve never been to Miami, it&amp;#039;s just a romantic notion. Everyone says it&amp;#039;s not a bit like Miami [laughs]. Our romantic notion is the [Art] Deco, the color, the light, and that feeling of summer, yet with wonderful linear lines. See the Preen by Thornton Bregazzi spring 2014 Ready-To-Wear collection. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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