Catwalk Connections
Design Centre Brands Inspire Two Strikingly Different Fashion Collections
The link between fashion and interiors is a well-proven one, but sometimes it can feel like the traffic is one-way: the catwalk provides inspiration for the latest collections for the home, but do fashion designers look to interiors in the same way? Two recent catwalk collections have thoroughly disproved that theory, with top international designers debuting new creations whose roots can be traced back to Design Centre brands.
Moschino X Sanderson
At Milan Fashion Week, Moschino’s AW25 ready-to-wear collection (pictured above) was a collaboration with Sanderson. The Italian flair for tailoring melded with the British design house’s iconic floral fabrics, including the romantic rose-motif ‘Stapleton Park’, a classic from the 1990s by Pat Etheridge, and the magnolia print ‘Grandiflora’. Moschino added playful, unexpected elements to some designs: a black sheep supplementing the blooms of ‘Eton Poppy’, and a flight of aeroplanes gracing ‘Etchings & Roses’.
“It was thrilling to work with Moschino on this project, to see where they would take our designs and the vision for how Sanderson can so effortlessly layer into contemporary moments that push the boundaries of heritage design outside of the world of interiors,” says Claire Vallis, design director for Sanderson Design Group. “Seeing these designs come to life in bold new ways has been incredibly exciting, with those cheeky signature twists that Moschino is so known and respected for.”
Harris Reed X Porta Romana
Harris Reed is one of the fashion industry’s trailblazing contemporary designers: describing his aesthetic as “romanticism gone nonbinary,” he looked to Porta Romana’s ‘Urchin’ chandelier as the basis of his AW25 Gilded collection. The chandeliers’ waving fronds, which burst from a central point, were translated as a kind of spiky armour on the catwalk, extending from corsetry and outlining feminine curves to create a spectacular flaming effect.
“I was really about how to work interiors into garments, specifically demi-couture pieces,” says Reed, “So when Porta Romana came along, it was just a match made in heaven. We really had an amazing blast with their incredible artisans, creating the pieces.” Each frond was 3D modelled and printed by Porta Romana, made from flexible resin and hand-painted by their skilled artists in etched gold or electric blue. The collection was presented to spellbinding effect at Tate Britain, with actress Florence Pugh opening the show and four blue ‘Urchin’ chandeliers hanging down within the space.
Porta Romana, Ground Floor, Centre & South Domes
Sanderson, Ground Floor, Centre Dome
