Not many designers can say they titled their assortment “Dragons Unwinged on the Butchers Block,” however not many are Paolo Carzana. Hosted inside The Holy Tavern in Clerkenwell, dwelling to the previous Knights Hospitallers and historic Clerkenwell priory, Carzana invited an intimate number of business insiders to the storied pub to view his newest challenge in deconstruction.
The Welsh designer has but to shy from intimacy. Final season, the runway was staged in his personal yard in Clapton. This season, swaths of raw-edged material fashioned deconstructed vests over blue-dyed ribbed button downs, whereas rough-and-tumble Madam Grès-esque attire fashioned a few of the highlights of the transient 14 look assortment. Carzana could worth the phantasm of disarray, however each bit was hand-draped and painted by hand to attain exacting and vibrant depths from in any other case muted yellows, greens, and grays.
Like a lot of his design ethos, FW25 was an ode to the best element on the smallest scales. Thus far, Carzana has bucked in opposition to the standard vogue mannequin by refusing to supply in factories. The designer’s goals are based on the truth of handmade craft, not the digitally constructed falsehoods of social media (the designer’s Instagram bio even notes *offline until February*).
Paolo Carzana initially debuted his namesake label at London Vogue Week through the SS23 season. He’s additionally an artist in residence on the Sarabande Basis, established by Lee Alexander McQueen, to whom his handiwork is steadily in contrast. This assortment was no totally different.
See Paolo Carzana’s Fall/Winter 2025 assortment within the gallery above, and keep tuned to Hypebeast for extra London Vogue Week protection.
