Lou Dalton left school at 16 to start an apprenticeship at Pardie Clothing in 1989 where she worked as a Bespoke Menswear tailor, before returning to education in 1996- studying at the Royal College of Art. Whilst studying for a ‘Master of Arts’, Lou simultaneously worked at Charlie Allen as a Design assistant.
Lou left College in 1998; she earned a distinction but more than this she gained a vision of how she wanted to impose herself on the menswear