Giles Deacon’s imagination is a wonder to witness, and he’s consistently doing London proud.

This season, his fancies led him to tropical forests, Tudor castles and tribal lands. The result was a high-drama show that played with the soft — as in outrageously oversized chunky knits that were crafted with needles the size of drumsticks — and the razor sharp. He worked pointed ostrich feathers into bodices, bustles and headpieces.

There were more subtle looks, too: short dresses crafted from jewel-toned double duchesse satin with small pouf shoulders or crystal-encrusted bodices and longer ones sculpted and knotted around the body or fashioned from a patchwork of satin and wool.

Deacon was clearly having fun with all the clashes and contrasts. “I wanted those knits to give irreverence to the dresses — it stopped them from being too prissy,” he said before the show. So it wasn’t all ballgowns and special effects. There were, in fact, great looks for day, including dresses cut from grommeted suede and tribal-print silk charmeuse.

“It was exquisite, nature, haute couture. I saw all those clothes up close: It was like being back at the Paris couture shows,” said Julie Gilhart, fashion director of Barneys New York. “It was just supercool and supercreative.”