At a whopping 6ft 6in, you’d be hard-passed to miss Luke Derrick — but his sleek, very smart menswear designs, which he presented at his debut London Fashion Week show in February, are altogether more subtle.
It makes a change from some emerging designers who lean into the shock factor in a bid for recognition, and he is finding success in his quiet sophistication — a confidence perhaps helped by his insight into the industry; his father, Robin Derrick, was the longtime creative director of British Vogue. ‘Phoebe Philo and Daniel Lee talk about this process of making and making, then editing down — when you are a tiny studio you can’t test or trial like that. I just don’t have the money,’ he says. ‘I’m slow but I don’t change my mind.’
