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The Lost Boys: how a Scouse skateshop dressed a city
From anime girls in hair-rollers to cartoon crocs pissing on The Sun, Lost Art has spent two decades creating a wardrobe for the kids of the 0151.
Put your hands together for funny, anxiety-driving fashion label Praying
Designer duo Alex Haddad and Skylar Newman are mixing dance, religious iconography, swimwear and prayerful music into one intoxicating whole.
Burberry is Singin’ in the Rain
In partnership with Burberry
Buy a T‑shirt, feed the youth, bun the Tories
Like baked beans, banging slogans and donating to a good cause? Then this graphic tee giving 50 per cent of its proceeds to food banks around London is for you.
Donkwear: Manchester’s Mowalola-approved cult fashion label
With influences such as Kevin and Perry, Ali G and Beetlejuice, Donkwear might seem whimsical, but its designers see it as a serious alternative to fast fashion.
Don’t blink and miss Younes Bendjima’s exclusive New Balance sneaker collab
Inspired by sand dunes and Algeria’s ancient architecture, the Studio FY7 x New Balance 992 wants its wearer to proudly carry their heritage and history wherever they go.
Gucci announces GucciFest, a digital festival feat. films by Alessandro Michele and Gus Van Sant
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Fashioning the future with Parsons’ class of 2020
Watch a documentary on the MFA students of New York’s best design school, who are entering a fashion industry at its most unpredictable.
Digging deep with Britain’s TK Maxx hunters
A group of men are raiding the rails of the discount retailer up and down the country to find sought-after brands to impress each other with on Instagram.
Sew cool: Namita Khade is making knitwear true to form
The Wigan-born designer references her Indian heritage by connecting the dots between clothes, identity and culture in sensually revealing knitwear designs, having already developed a distinct style reminiscent of the skin-baring British designers of recent years.
TYSON on finding home in the great outdoors
In partnership with ASICS
Steven Julien on the serene spaces soothing his state of mind
In partnership with ASICS
Brother Models’ new Curve board has no time for dated beauty standards
The plus size community has been screaming for more accurate representation. Brother Models’ Michael Mayren and model Joey Darlin have come together to do just that, and then some.
GmbH: “If you have a great outfit but the shoes don’t work, it can destroy the whole look”
As their newest sneakers for Japanese sportswear brand ASICS drop, Benjamin Alexander Huseby and Serhat Isik reveal how they dreamed up their most radical design yet.
Charles Jeffrey’s got The Healing power
No show? No problem. Instead, London Fashion Week’s ever-theatrical designer teamed up with Tim Walker on a super sexy (physical) photobook, for LOVERBOY’s SS21 collection, The Healing.
Collina Strada’s Hillary Taymour on fighting “doom and gloom” with fun
The founder of the ethically-focused fashion brand sits down with THE FACE to talk sustainability, activism and what we need to learn from the 2016 election.
Step inside the cosmic world of Kelsey Lu
In partnership with Bimba Y Lola
Sam Monaghan’s industrial-inspired gear is anything but Second Best
Influenced by his Newcastle roots, hardcore punk and DIY culture, Second Best is the label that doesn’t comply with the traditional notions of the fashion industry.
Pile into adidas Originals’ new Soho flagship with Paolina Russo, Bethany Williams and… Yeezy!
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Sherris is the swimwear label proudly taking the road less travelled
Israeli-born, Manhattan-based designer Maayan Sherris earned her stripes working for The Row. Now, she’s tackling waste and hypersexualisation in the swimwear industry, one bathing suit at a time.
The lowdown on the SS21 shows
Get your fix as we dismantle and distill the digital (and socially distanced) fashion weeks from New York, London and beyond.
