Alexander McQueen: Menswear SS21
The Alexander McQueen team have kept themselves rather busy during lockdown. Alongside crafting a womenswear Pre-spring collection – released in November – Sarah Burton and the McQueen atelier has also been working tirelessly on an accompanying menswear outing, too. Like
Daniel W. Fletcher: Menswear SS21
Like many concert lovers out there, northern menswear designer Daniel W. Fletcher has spent the most part of 2020 longing for live music. Away from his favourite venues, Fletcher has also used this time to totally rejig his business model
Craig Green: Menswear SS21
If any designer was equipped to dress us for a global pandemic, it would be Craig Green. The menswear maven offers his loyal customers a sense of protection with his clothes. His garments are agile, adaptable – often resembling armour
Ludovic De Saint Sernin: Menswear SS21
Like many of us, Ludovic de Saint Sernin spent a large chunk of lockdown infinitely scrolling through TikTok. Inbetween learning Doja Cat dances and getting lost in an endless supply of haul videos, the Paris-based designer began to think about
Raf Simons: Menswear SS21
We would love to spend fright night at Raf Simons’ house, where the bill would feature seminal, sci-fi and teen horror flicks such as Scream, Nightmare on Elm Street, Pan’s Labyrinth, Barbarella and Alien. The designer cited them all as
Stefan Cooke: Menswear SS21
Ever since Stefan Cooke and his partner Jake Burt made their Fashion East debut back in January of 2018, the design duo have quickly become one of the hottest tickets on the London Fashion Week calendar. Synonymous for their slender
Wales Bonner: Menswear SS21
Just before the global pandemic swept the globe, Grace Wales Bonner took a trip to Kingston, Jamaica. In between catching up with family, friends and loved ones, the former LVMH Prize winner paid a visit to The National Gallery to
Dunhill: Menswear SS21
Dunhill's Mark Weston wanted to create a SS21 collection that was a celebration of the craft of making. Call it the sourdough effect, but Weston rightly reasons that one of the upsides of the Covid era is a renewed appreciation
Martine Rose: Menswear SS21
Martine Rose has never been one to play by the rules. Long before big-name brands began dropping off the fashion schedule and doing things by their own accord, Rose was dragging the fashion pack up to Tottenham for catwalks inside
A-Cold-Wall: Menswear SS21
As protests against the senseless murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless other Black bodies erupted over the globe this summer, Samuel Ross of A-Cold-Wall was one of the first figureheads in the world of fashion to offer his
Bianca Saunders: Menswear SS21
Like many Londoners, Bianca Saunders took a trip to the Barbican earlier this year to see Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography. Here she was first introduced to The Ideal Man (1978), a series of portraits where artist Hans Eijkelboom asked various women what their
Ahluwalia: Menswear SS21
Back in June, Priya Ahluwalia released Jalebi, a celebratory photobook and virtual exhibition that spotlighted Southall’s Punjabi community. The project, which took 18 months to put together, was released amidst a wave of global protests against racial injustice. "I wonder whether
Parnell Mooney: Menswear SS21
Amidst all the digitalised fashion week madness, one collection that may have fallen under your radar (you should be disappointed if so) is that of the brilliant Parnell Mooney. After taking a hiatus from his eponymous label which he launched
Per Götesson: Menswear SS21
Consistent. That is merely one adjective that could be used to describe the work of Per Götesson. Poetic is another, tender a third. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2016, the Sweden-born, London-based designer has been using
Paria Farzaneh: Menswear SS21
Getting to the Paria Farzaneh show today was no easy feat. An overground, two tubes, another 35-minute train and a short mini-bus journey later, and we arrived at the luscious green fields of Missenden Farm, Amersham. You could say this