Stories by Linda Inam
Weave, Structure and the Theatre of Dress
A collection of hand-woven Russian textiles makes the case for tailoring as performance.
Ceremony, Colour and Coming of Age
An evening collection draws on Tibetan textiles and marriage rituals to ask what it means to come of age.
Habit, Silhouette and Service
A reinterpretation of a religious uniform turns a restricted palette into a study of shape and purpose.
Nomads, Knits and the Seventies Interior
A Budapest label’s pre-fall collection treats comfort and texture as a form of modern femininity.
Solitude, Function and the Workwear of Ideas
A Central Saint Martins menswear project turns working alone into a design method.
Labour, Migration and the Restaurant Interior
A collection of fashion, performance and film looks at the overlooked work of immigrant women.
Generic Garments, Utopian Bodies
A Danish designer slices familiar menswear apart to imagine clothing beyond gender.
Bone, Body and the Medical Imagination
A designer’s years in medicine shape a collection about the strength and fragility of the skeleton.
Margins, Myths and Renaissance Dress
A collection steeped in late medieval and early Renaissance clothing builds its own garden of earthly delights.
Myth, Memory and the Meaning of a Name
A young designer turns his father’s stories, and the characters of his Chinese name, into sculptural clothing.