Louise Trotter has fallen in love with Bottega Veneta’s signature Intrecciato leather weave, celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and winning a starring role in the British designer’s solid debut.

“The most beautiful thing about Bottega Veneta is that it’s really a workshop,” she said during a preview ahead of her fashion show Saturday afternoon. “Craft has been the way we innovate… Artisans and creatives working together to find solutions.”

And no shortage of dazzlers. These included a regal gown with an attached cape that wore its labor lightly: 4,000 hours to hand-weave the 3-millimetre strips of brown leather.

Trotter and Bottega’s artisans also found a way to assemble colorful strands of recycled fiberglass into otherworldly furry chubbies – they seemed lit from within – an

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