“Fashion is a tool for hope”
In 2018, Moscow-based designer Tigran Avetisyan took six months out to reset and refresh. Since then, he’s swapped trends and negativity for timelessness and wonder.
Arnar Már Jónsson and Luke Stevens: Getting better every day
The designer duo are swapping seasonality and newness for continuity and refinement
Andrew Groves: “Menswear is about finding individuality within uniformity”
The University of Westminster’s new show, ‘Invisible Men’, is the biggest exhibition of menswear ever to be staged in the UK
Joshua Crabtree feels fortunate in 2020
A conversation with Joshua Crabtree on trying to fill the void post-graduation and finding something positive
Chi Yu Han and the gender divide in fashion
The New York-based designer thinks carefully about masculine and feminine roles within a given garment.
Nico Verhaegen designs an ode to nomadic existence
An unusual parallel is drawn between shamans and bike messengers in Verhaegen’s recent graduate collection.
Catherine Hudson: The tension of displacement
The British designer wants to reflect the diasporic experience of the Rastafari subculture in her garments.
“I don’t really see myself as a fashion designer,” – Belgian artist Chris Lensz on mixing fashion design and photography
His graduate collection presented lots of tailoring and revolved around the concept of Victorian mourning
Orlando Yates’s jackets recall pre-COVID wild times at festivals
Menswear designer Orlando Yates on his sunrise-hued garments that were inspired by waking up at festivals
Shanghai-based designer Zheng Lu believes the future is mechanical
A collection about rebelling against industry norms, Zheng Lu’s search for a well-oiled fashion system led him to create workwear with his own spin on anti–fashion
Dance influences meet architectural details in designer Sun Mu Lee’s sporty garments
The South Korean designer works with body movements to transpose architecture into garments
