Brand profile: Olivia von Halle
British designer Olivia von Halle established her eponymous brand in 2011, focusing on luxury sleep and loungewear. Her most recent launch, the Missy, a chic silk-cashmere tracksuit, took two years to develop. The label is stocked in more than 100 retailers including Net-a-Porter and Bergdorf Goodman. oliviavonhalle.com
Olivia von Halle We met about five years ago. I had bought one of Alessandra’s dresses on Net-a-Porter but the belt was missing so I called Alessandra’s studio and this frightfully glamorous-sounding Italian women answered and said: “Yes dahling, you must come and get it.” So I put on my coolest outfit and headed down to Mount Street. As I was walking there a seagull swooped down and tried to fly off with my hair in its mouth. Alessandra ran out, and tried to bat the seagull away with a file.