Lucie Loves… Lexie // Next-level sports luxe from Young British Designer Lily Rice

tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo6_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo9_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo7_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo8_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo10_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo1_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo2_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo4_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo3_1280.jpg
tumblr_n0yi69DS2f1qzipnzo5_1280.jpg

When I first met Lily I was like “WOW! You. Are. A. Total. Babe!”

Brains and beauty - that’s Lily.

She rose to fame on the BBC TV show ‘Be Your Own Boss’ and has since been taken under the delightfully-protective-and-ever-encouraging wing of Young British Designers.

Lily describes her sportluxe alter-ego Lexie as 'fashion forward and aesthetically led’ - meaning that, for girls like you and me, shopping for sportswear is no longer just a necessity.

Lily’s molten-metallic flashes and sheer panelling are feminine touches rarely seen in the sports-world - at least the shellsuit one that I emerged into in the 80s.

Lily has also priced her pieces at a very accessible level.

Flash forward to 2016’s summer Olympics and this chick will be spotted designing sportswear for world athletics, running, gymnastics, iceskating and tobogganing teams - to name but a few.

Watch this space…

Thank you to Lexie for letting me try your pieces - I’ll be hitting the streets in these bad boys soon, as I start training for Nike UK’s We Own The Night 10K run.

Photography © Lucie Kerley