Mowalola

She’s best mates with Mowalola, pens sharp sex-positive lyrics about gender equality and has rapped alongside Skepta and Unknown T.

The London designer birthed her brand in lockdown via Instagram, creating reworked masterpieces that are “bigger than just clothes or aesthetics”.

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.

MACHINE-A’s ex-buyer, Harry Fisher, has opened up shop, stocking the best in Brit-fash from Martine Rose to Ahluwalia. Here, we ask: is he mad for opening a clothing store in the middle of a pandemic?

From Naples nightclubs to the birth of London’s modern menswear, and from early Martine Rose shows to the emergence of Mowalola, Brooke McCord sketches out 20 years of Lulu Kennedy’s glorious Fashion East family.

The muse, rapper, actor, chartered accountant and gender equality activist is getting ready for the big league.