There is, generally speaking, zero appetite for ultra-formal evening wear at London Fashion Week. Like… none. Except—always, reliably—for Richard Quinn. Every season, without fail, he sends out these glittering, almost defiant processions of ballgowns, and every season it feels like him calmly saying: this is what I do. No pivot. No irony. No apology. “We always look at our business as making beautiful gowns for women at these amazing events of their life,” he said backstage. Weddings. Big occasions. Someone else’s once-in-a-lifetime night. That’s the brief. Period.