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Between 2017 and 2021, Art School — a seedling counterculture label with a USP of luxury non-binary fashion — was by some distance the buzziest brand in London.
Rave-loving Central Saint Martins kids worshipped it; Kylie Jenner was buying it; queer community figureheads were its supermodels; and its catwalk shows acted as a foghorn for the lost and ostracised across the country. Taking to its runway was a creative status symbol — some hoodies read “I walk for Art School”, while big, boxy blazers, torn silk slip dresses, inverted lapel leather coats and the odd skin-tight leopard-print strapless mini made up the Art School wardrobe, which packed the rails of Matches Fashion, Dover Street Market and Selfridges.
