CP Company boasts nearly four decades of experience in utility outerwear, which could explain the intense focus it placed on its key garment - the zipped, hooded parka - for A/W 2014. Played out to a live DJ set in an underground studio in Soho, the brand hung its latest offerings on microphone stands throughout the cavernous space, each wired to a pinhole camera projecting the audience's own faces back at us through the frame of CP Company's iconic inbuilt goggle-hood. Meticulously garment-dyed pieces were the highlight of this one-note story - chequered Shetland wool and down linings were combined with technical polyamides, Royal Navy oilskins and waffle knit sleeves, pushing the dialogue about British and Italian heritage ever forward.
Photography: Arnolt Smead
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been up to this weekThis week, the Wallpaper* staff kept it local in London for a week of inaugurations: new members’ clubs, furniture collections, car models and studio albums
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Google I/O 2025 melded light-touch UI interactions with an enhanced AI-driven coreWe take stock of Google’s new AI offerings. Under a new Material 3 Expressive aesthetic that softens and smooths, AI arrives to take stock of you, your choices, desires, innermost thoughts and exactly what it is you want for dinner
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Gorillaz mark 25 years with an immersive new exhibitionStep into ‘House of Kong’, the virtual band’s exhibition coming to London’s Copper Box in August 2025 – watch the trailer and buy tickets
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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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V&A spotlights the sartorial and social significance of the kimonoFor the latest endeavour of London's Victoria and Albert Museum, Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk explores the evolution of the iconic Japanese garment
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Erdem A/W 2020 London Fashion Week Women's
