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Roksanda Illincic on dressing Michelle Obama, bold colours and why her daughter always knows best

The award-winning London Fashion Week designer takes Senior Fashion Editor, Emily Cronin behind the scenes at her East London studio to talk about fifteen years of her eponymous fashion label. She reveals how her Serbian roots inspire her use of bold colours, how architecture informs her creative decision-making and why she has started listening to her nine-year-old when it comes to fashion.

Plus, having dressed everyone from Michelle Obama to the Duchess of Sussex, the designer tells us who she was most proud to see in one of her designs.

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