Topman Design’s eclectic show, neatly enough, came bundled with a mix-tape left on every seat. At Craig Green‘s, a few hundred yards away in the basement of Bloomsbury House, music played an equally critical role — this time, courtesy of a soundtrack of violins, skating and whirring in ripples and peaks of sound as Green’s models floated through the white-tiled space. Three seasons in (not counting his MAN apprenticeship), the designer’s aesthetic is already firmly established, somewhere in an interzone between Japanese workwear, medieval armour and ethereal ceremonial robes; an aesthetic that’s recently been rewarded by a finalist’s place in this year’s LVMH competition, and celebrated in a stunningly kinetic Nick Knight campaign released just a few days ago.
