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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Laura Antonia Jordan

London Fashion Week day 2 featured cigarettes and coffee (on and off the catwalk)

Day two of London Fashion Week’s autumn/winter 2023 collections and we have a contender for the surprise viral accessory of the season: David Koma’s crystal encrusted cigarettes.

Obviously we’ll caveat that by saying – smoking is bad for you, don’t start – but fashion does love a Marlboro Light. It also loves coffee, which was served courtesy of Marco Capaldo’s brilliant 16Arlington show, Wake, where recycled grounds of the stuff were on the floor. It was partly a nod to his Italian heritage, as well as the idea of being jolted to life. More into green tea for your kicks? According to makeup maestro Isamaya Ffrench, the woman behind the beauty at Chet Lo, the dyed tongues ‘tasted like matcha’.

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