How's London Fashion Week going?
It's good. I haven't done much for it, to be honest, just my collection drop. I went to my friends' party on the weekend, but it wasn't a fashion party, and otherwise, I'm chilling. I'm quite tired from everything, so I need some rest.
When you do get downtime, is there a particular place you go for inspiration?
I mainly go to the internet to be honest, either browsing eBay, Vinted, or streaming movies. Otherwise I also like heading to Prince Charles Cinema or the BFI. They alway have good programs.
I love Prince Charles Cinema.
Me and my best friend, June, went not that long ago to this movie marathon there. It was all David Lynch films, and it went from 11 PM to 9 AM.
That’s hardcore. Did you guys have a drink or something to get through it?
They had a coffee machine, so we had like seven coffees. We both fell asleep at certain moments—people brought blankets and pillows, and we wished we did too.
I notice your research seems to consistently reference the films you watch.
My hobbies inform my work, but it very much depends on what I'm into at the moment of the collection being developed. For some reason, it's never music though.
The new SS25 collection, Farewell Princess, is named after the New York Post headline following Grace Kelly's death. How did you come across that issue?
For a while, I was listening to a podcast that had a season about dead blondes from Hollywood. I was super into it, and one of the episodes focused on Grace Kelly. The series covered the different women from the last century, and at some point I was curious to see how the newspapers looked when they died, what they were saying compared to the podcast. And I thought Farewell Princess was so nice. The other ones were more like, Jayne Mansfield Just Died.
Sounds, not gory, but just…
Straight to the point, where Farwell Princess one was more poetic. And I was already thinking I was going to do my collection on this podcast since I was spending hours and hours listening to it, but the title was going to be different. It was going to be Every girl for herself, for herself and god against all, which encompasses the whole season of this podcast and references a movie, Every Man for Himself and God Against All. But then, when I read the headline, it made more sense to me— as well that my last collection had a really long name.