The Dirty Looks exhibition at the Barbican  might be the most creatively energising fashion exhibition  I’ve seen in years. It’s rare to walk into a show and feel genuinely overstimulated by ideas — not because it’s confusing, but because it speaks directly to the things I’m drawn to as a stylist and art director: subversion, texture, deconstruction, decay, reconstruction, and the beauty of imperfection . This post isn’t a traditional Dirty Looks Barbican review  — it’s more of a personal...

✨INSPO✨ The starting point was all about energy- that super punky, fetishy attitude from R&M Leathers, mixed with the glossy, playful Moschino. I loved the mix of tough and romantic: black vinyl, studs, exaggerated heart shapes. It’s everything I love about fashion when it’s unapologetic - a little theatrical, a little tongue-in-cheek, but built on real craft. MATERIALS The base came from a pair of vinyl trousers I found in the TK Maxx sale for £4. I didn’t even buy them with a plan - I just...

…because someone had to make sense of it. Every season, fashion tries to tell us who we are. This one didn’t bother, it just showed us the mess. A tailored, shredded, padded, burnt, laced-up mess. But a good one. I went into this season with zero interest in “what’s trending.” Like every other season really. I just wanted to see what stuck, what made me stop scrolling. Turns out it wasn’t the polished stuff. It was the clothes that looked like they’d lived a little: belts doing too much,...