If there was ever a rat in the pack on Savile Row it would be Sir Richard James, the dandy tailor known for some of London's most outlandish sartorial business. Often one for theatrics, James was looking at the Desert Rats, the heroic WWII troop of British soldiers stationed across Northern Africa to inform the luxurious, army surplus designs he showed for S/S 2015. The military spirit of their desert uniforms played out as atlas print shirts paired with linen shorts suits and Nehru collar field jackets in a sandy, camouflage palette shot through with fuschia, sky blue and safety orange. With James' clientele brimming with pop stars and actors it's little wonder that certain showpieces erred towards 'costume'. On that note, creeping embroidery of desert flowers may hold its own decorative appeal, but as for the hot pink pith helmet? We're not sure it'd quite make the cut.
Photography: Jason Lloyd-Evans
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Must-visit cinemas with award-worthy designCreativity leaps the screen at these design-led cinemas, from Busan Cinema Centre’s record-flying roof to The Gem Cinema Jaipur’s art deco allure
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The modernist home of musician Imogen Holst gets Grade II listingThe daughter of the composer Gustav Holst lived here from 1964 until her death, during which time the home served a locus for her own composition work, which included assisting Benjamin Britten
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This fun and free-spirited photography exhibition offers a chromatic view on the world‘Chromotherapia’ at Villa Medici in Rome, explores how we view colour as a way of therapy, and how it has shaped photography over the last century (until 9 June 2025)
