Orla Brennan
Orla Brennan is a London-based fashion and culture writer who previously worked at AnOther, alongside contributing to titles including Dazed, i-D and more. She has interviewed numerous leading industry figures, including Guido Palau, Kiko Kostadinov, Viviane Sassen, Craig Green and more.
Latest articles by Orla Brennan
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2026 will be all about style on screen. Here are some fashionable films to look out for
From the return of Devil Wears Prada to a slew of stylish A24 projects, eight fashionable films to add to your watch list in 2026
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The rising style stars of 2026: Connor McKnight is creating a wardrobe of quiet beauty
As part of the January 2026 Next Generation issue of Wallpaper*, we meet fashion’s next generation. Terming his aesthetic the ‘Black mundane’, Brooklyn-based designer Connor McKnight is elevating the everyday
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The rising style stars of 2026: Zane Li, fashion’s new minimalist
As part of the January 2026 Next Generation issue of Wallpaper*, we meet fashion’s next generation. First up, Zane Li, whose New York-based label LII is marrying minimalism with architectural construction and a vivid use of colour
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The Wallpaper* style team recall their personal style moments of 2025
In a landmark year for fashion, the Wallpaper* style editors found joy in the new – from Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut to a clean slate at Jil Sander
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Lucila Safdie’s ‘feminine and surreal’ womenswear is inspired by teenage bedrooms and internet lore
The latest in our Uprising series, the Central Saint Martins graduate is honing a pastel-shaded vision rooted in depictions of girlhood in film and literature
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Our guide to shopping from fashion’s rising stars and independent makers this festive season
As part of our Uprising series – which celebrates fashion’s rising talents – Orla Brennan collates the ways you can invest in independent brands for truly special gifting
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‘Architect of glamour’ Antony Price makes a high-voltage return to the runway with 16Arlington
Featuring a runway debut from Lily Allen, the show saw legendary designer Antony Price – best known for outfitting Roxy Music in the 1980s – unite with 16Arlington’s Marco Capaldo on the sensual after-dark collection
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Kiko Kostadinov’s one-off London runway show was inspired by the designers’ Lakeland terrier, Dante
Taking place in the brand’s new east London headquarters on Friday, the co-ed show saw designers Kiko Kostadinov and Laura and Deanna Fanning use the dog’s northern origins to inspire a collection which drew on the British countryside
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London label Wed Studio is embracing ‘oddness’ when it comes to bridal dressing
The in-the-know choice for fashion-discerning brides, Wed Studio’s latest collection explores the idea that garments can hold emotions – a reflection of designers Amy Trinh and Evan Phillips’ increasingly experimental approach
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Inside Roger Vivier’s opulent new Paris HQ and archive, a haven for shoe lovers
Wallpaper* takes a tour of ‘Maison Vivier’, an 18th-century hôtel particulier that houses the French shoemaker’s headquarters, studio and archive – an extraordinary collection of over 1,000 pairs of shoes
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The independent designers you might have missed from fashion month S/S 2026
Amid a tidal wave of big-house debuts, we take you through the independent displays that may have slipped through the cracks – from beautiful imagery to bookshop takeovers, museum displays and moves across the pond
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The standout shows of Paris Fashion Week S/S 2026 – as they happened
Amid a season of seismic change, we pick the definitive shows of Paris Fashion Week S/S 2026 – including Matthieu Blazy’s Chanel debut and Jonathan Anderson’s first womenswear collection for Dior
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Paris Fashion Week S/S 2026: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 29 September to 7 October, Paris Fashion Week takes over the French capital. Follow along for a first look at the shows, presentations and much-anticipated debuts, as seen by the Wallpaper* style editors
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Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez make a bold start at Loewe, inspired by Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘elemental colours’
The former Proenza Schouler designers presented their debut collection for Loewe this morning, channelling ‘clarity and colour, sensual physicality, and sunniness’
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Inside the Paris exhibition cataloguing Virgil Abloh’s extraordinary archive
The visionary American designer’s archive goes on display this week at Paris’ Grand Palais in a new exhibition, ‘Virgil Abloh: The Codes’, giving an insight into his polymathic approach
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Acne Studios’ cigar salon runway set is decorated with Pacifico Silano’s homoerotic ‘objects of desire’
Brooklyn-based artist Pacifico Silano breaks down his collaboration with Acne Studios, seeing his work – which zooms in on 1970s and 1980s gay erotica – backdrop the brand’s S/S 2026 show today in Paris
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Milan Fashion Week S/S 2026: live updates from the Wallpaper* team
From 23-29 September, Milan Fashion Week takes place in Italy’s fashion capital. Follow along for a first look at the shows, presentations and other style happenings, as seen by the Wallpaper* style editors
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The standout shows of Milan Fashion Week S/S 2026
This season in Milan, the city is enjoying a wave of creative director debuts, from Demna at Gucci to Louise Trotter at Bottega Veneta. Here are the Wallpaper* highlights so far
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Louise Trotter’s debut collection for Bottega Veneta was about a feeling of ‘liberation’
Taking place this afternoon in Milan, the much-anticipated debut saw the Sunderland-born designer dive into the house’s ‘candy box’ of craft for a bold collection which explored ideas of personal freedom
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In Milan, Prada seeks freedom as a ‘response to the overload of contemporary culture’
Shown in Milan this afternoon on a glossy orange runway, Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons’ latest display saw them continue a radical new design ethos ushered in back in June. It was, they say, about seeking lightness in times of overwhelming information
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The standout shows of London Fashion Week S/S 2026
London marked the second stop of fashion month, bringing the city’s usual energetic mix of established and emerging talent, culminating with a blockbuster Burberry show. Here are the Wallpaper* highlights
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Paolo Carzana on his emotional London show: ‘To me fashion is meaningful, powerful, and completely unfrivolous’
The shy Welsh designer took over the reading rooms of the British Library on Sunday evening, presenting a collection that called attention to Earth’s most endangered creatures and cemented his position as one of London’s most singular design talents
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A first look at Burberry’s S/S 2026 show set, which takes over Perks Field in Kensington Palace
The historic British house returns to the Hyde Park location for the first time in nearly a decade, staging a collection that celebrated the relationship between music and fashion in Britain
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Meet London’s next generation of fashion image-makers
A new exhibition celebrates the work of nine Central Saint Martins alumni who are rethinking the parameters of the fashion image
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