For her spring 2026 runway show in London, Vancouver-born, London-based designer Edeline Lee took us to the big top – figuratively, in this case. While her latest collection, called The Circus, featured some rather fanciful design gestures, Lee’s show was held in a ballroom at the swish Peninsula hotel: a locale more appropriate for crowns than clowns.

Edeline Lee's latest collection is The Circus.

As it turns out, the contrast between her cheer-inciting concept and the stately setting of her show was befitting of the inspiration from which Lee conceived of her newest pieces. Their assembly featured both grand flourishes and more demure design characteristics.

For all the buoyant theatricality of the circus, Lee noted in a press release for her latest collection, “there’s a sadness abou

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