Given that the fashion pack historically descends upon London to unearth new talent - and that more and more of the city's creative engines are now being backed by a luxury goods conglomerate - you can easily envisage the buzz surrounding Thomas Tait's show after he won LVMH's Young Fashion Designer Prize earlier this year. Upon arriving at the Canadian's show space - a near condemned, surely asbestos-abundant building - the talent-hunting hoards wondered just what he'd done with the prize money. As it turns out, he'd chosen the destitute, concrete venue to host the work of French visual artist Georges Rousse (who takes over abandoned spaces for his meticulous colour-blocked shape and typography installations). Therefore, picking up on Rousse's painted colour serge, Tait set off with double-faced, dual hue silk satin dresses, which built to become more angular, and even protruding, as his colour saturation point turned from primary to neon. Concertina pleating and scrunched techno fabrics also added to the collection's dramatic architecture, which depicted an overall stiffness in spite of the its draped silk mainstays and flapping, checkerboard patchworks. Maybe it was the way his models walked head-on into concrete corners, before abruptly stopping and changing directions, their frameless glasses, or poker-straight hair that possessed one haphazard kink, but all tolled, there was untapped energy at play here. And not just because the show space had live wires sticking out of wall slaps here, there and everywhere.
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A postmodernist home reborn: we tour the British embassy in BrazilWe tour the British Embassy in Brazil after its thorough renovation by Hersen Mendes Arquitetura, which breathes new life into a postmodernist structure within the country's famous modernist capital
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Bvlgari's celebration of the Serpenti snakes its way from Tokyo to Shanghai, Seoul and MumbaiRoman high jeweller Bvlgari marks the Year of the Snake with the sensual Serpenti Infinito exhibition
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Fancy transforming your ageing Casio into a smartwatch? Ollee has the answerThe Ollee Watch transforms Casio's cult digital watch into a retro-tinged smart device
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‘Dirty Looks’ at the Barbican explores how fashion designers have found beauty in dirt and decayFrom garments buried in River Thames mud to those torn, creased and stained, ‘Dirty Looks’ is a testament to how ‘creativity and new artistic practices can come out of decay’, its curators tell Dal Chodha
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Tyler Mitchell’s London show explores the figure of the Black Dandy, ‘imagining what else masculinity could look like’Originally part of a visual essay to accompany the Met’s ‘Superfine’ 2025 Costume Institute exhibition, ‘Portrait of the Modern Dandy’ goes on display at Gagosian Burlington Arcade in London this week
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Inside Louis Vuitton’s Murakami London pop-up, a colourful cartoon wonderland with one-of-a-kind caféWallpaper* takes a tour of the Louis Vuitton x Murakami pop-up in London’s Soho, which celebrates the launch of a new ‘re-edition’ accessories collection spanning the greatest hits from the Japanese artist’s long-running collaboration with the house
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Get to know Issey Miyake’s innovative A-POC ABLE line as it arrives in the UKAs A-POC ABLE Issey Miyake launches in London this week, designer Yoshiyuki Miyamae gives Wallpaper* the lowdown on the experimental Issey Miyake offshoot
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London Fashion Week S/S 2023: Ahluwalia to Martine RoseThough slimmed-down, London Fashion Week nonetheless provided the moments of creative expression the city is known for – from Ahluwalia’s ode to Africa to Martine Rose’s much-anticipated runway return
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Discover these fashion brands at London Craft WeekDuring London Craft Week, fashion brands including Smythson, Bally and Serapian are hosting events across the capital
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Nicholas Daley's multicultural roots celebrated in London
