Jan 10

Jan 10 J.W. Anderson Draws Inspirations from David Hockney for his Fall Winter 2017 collection

“Staged in a labyrinthine set within a military building near King’s Cross, J.W. Anderson presented his AW17 show which features rainbow crochet knits, stained-glass window appliqués and digitally-distorted landscape prints, along with “serpent-y” (in the designer’s words) disco fabric and giant robe-like capes. “It was this idea of getting lost in the womb of fashion,” Anderson said backstage, explaining the explosion of colour and texture we’d just experienced.

A key part of Anderson’s design language lies in his references, which are often drawn from the world of British art. This season he said he’d been looking at two English painters – David Hockney and Patrick Caulfield, who is known for his vibrant and graphic still lifes.”

Backstage photography Chloé le Drezen
for Dazed Digital