For Finnerty Mackay, kink isn’t an aesthetic to replicate, but a freedom to provide. “I fell in love with the craft, not with the industry,” he says. That stance on fashion is evident in his pieces. Finding pride in precision, his BA graduation is a masturbatory showcase of technical ability: latex skin tight t-shirts complement tailored trousers with criss crossed waistbands that reveal the back and conceal the crotch; dresses are sensually draped. His dedication to perfection is inherited: “My family always told me: if you’re going to become a mountaineer, go climb Everest.”