The name is synonymous with Britain's most famous wet-weather Wellingtons, to the point where the brand is often substituted for the article. In fact, there aren't many home-county residences that don't have a permanent line-up of Hunters next to their front doors; a legacy that the brand's new creative director Alasdhair Willis was only too aware of going into his first catwalk presentation for A/W 2014. In the basement of the University of Westminster, the former Wallpaper* alumni, set the scene with a waterlogged runway, complete with semi-submerged Birch trees. The message was immediately clear, if we'd worn our Hunters, we could have splashed straight to our seats, rather than waiting to be ushered over bridges. But then that was part of Wills' first task: to avoid alienating the heritage brand's past, while mapping out its global future. After all, Willis is catering to both the farm owners, as well as the Primrose Hill weekend ramblers. And so he began by elevating the iconic welly into a heeled boot, and then championing the brand's pioneering spirit with a re-mastered outerwear expedition starting with festival-ready waterproof anoraks, and moving through rubberised trenches, toggle-fastened Paddington Bear coats, quilted hunting jackets, scuba bombers, and flap-pocketed utility jackets to silver après-ski puffers. The show was an all-weather adventure in high-tech fabrications and British wit (thanks to pom-pom balaclavas), and was perfectly timed considering much of England is currently under water. Extending the sentiment, the finale looks then fittingly faded back into the wooded environment behind a mesh screen. It was the perfect metaphor for a brand that has kept man, and country, moving - no matter the weather extremes - for well over the past 150 years.
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Apple and Design Miami celebrate a new generation of creativity with the inaugural Designers of TomorrowApple and Design Miami's Designers of Tomorrow make Paris debut with a cohort of four designers, including Atelier Duyi Han, Jolie Ngo, Marie & Alexandre, and Marco Campardo
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Step inside Casa Moncler, the brand’s sustainable and highly creative Milanese HQCasa Moncler opens its doors in a masterfully reimagined Milanese industrial site, blending modern minimalism and heritage, courtesy of ACPV Architects Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel
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Rains Amsterdam is slick and cocooning – the brand’s ‘store of the future’Danish lifestyle brand Rains opens its first Amsterdam store, marking its refined approach with a fresh flagship interior designed by Stamuli
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‘Dirty Looks’ at the Barbican explores how fashion designers have found beauty in dirt and decayFrom garments buried in River Thames mud to those torn, creased and stained, ‘Dirty Looks’ is a testament to how ‘creativity and new artistic practices can come out of decay’, its curators tell Dal Chodha
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Tyler Mitchell’s London show explores the figure of the Black Dandy, ‘imagining what else masculinity could look like’Originally part of a visual essay to accompany the Met’s ‘Superfine’ 2025 Costume Institute exhibition, ‘Portrait of the Modern Dandy’ goes on display at Gagosian Burlington Arcade in London this week
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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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Nicholas Daley's multicultural roots celebrated in London
