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In our first Annotations column, Nikita David explores the evolving style and image of 'Sex and the City's' Charlotte York.

The ’70s, the ’90s,  Y2K, all reborn through the lens of a generation that never lived them, yet they are attached to this idealised era. But beneath the sequins and nostalgia lies something deeper:

It all began with a simple Instagram post. Last February, Tare Isaac — now settled in the industry as a member of the British Fashion Council — called for minority creators to join her project. A decade after launching her own label ‘Twin by Tare Isaac’, she created The Unity in Design Global Network (UDGN), a platform to support underrepresented creatives in fashion, shaped as a response to the challenge she herself faced as a British-Nigerian designer in the UK. 

Jason Jermaine Asiedu is a Ghanaian fashion designer whose brand, JERMAINE BLEU, specialises in handwoven fabric garments that tell stories featuring family history and the uniqueness of African craftsmanship.

Fashion has a history of using design to explore what one may not be able to solely communicate through language. It holds a special platform for allowing culture to be distinguished and revered, especially when on a runway at London Fashion Week. Unity in Design Global Network (UDGN) has taken fashion’s ethos of expressing oneself and presented a space for minority designers to be given the opportunity to share their heritage and culture.

Where the worlds of art, culture, and fashion converge - Vogue World. A cinematic celebration of creativity, each act is brought to life by an award-winning costume designer, fusing the language of film with the artistry of couture.

Merve Bayindir's designs are more than just hats; they are art, architecture, and couture. From the beginning of the business in Turkey and then carrying it to London, Bayindir relishes the challenges of the business, with her craft being her creative playground. Her constant striving for perfection is evident in her work. This past September, I had the pleasure of speaking with Merve online about her journey, ambitions, and creative process.

In our current fashion climate, it feels like we’re entrenched in a gale-force storm of trends and information, not to mention the vast ecological disaster resulting from the fast-fashion industry. Globally, the fast fashion industry produces around 92 million tonnes of textile waste per year. But there’s one teen in South East London holding up an umbrella to this textile tempest: My good friend, Flora Macfarlane. 

On Saturday 20th September, streetwear's best-dressed and most well-versed streamed into 180 Strand, home of the Yaku SS26 show, or shall we say, experience. Everything about the traditional runway show has been reworked and revolutionised by Yaku Stapleton and his team.

Joshua Ewusie, a London-born designer, who brings Ghanaian heritage into a sharp, contemporary focus. A recent Central Saint Martins MA graduate and current designer in residence at The Kings Foundation with CHANEL, Ewusie aims to transform the textures and traditions of West African craft into modern womenswear that celebrates community, culture, and a distinctly London sensibility.