Kenzo sleeveless sweater, belt and trousers, all POA (kenzo.com). Dries Van Noten shirt, £895, at Liberty (020 3893 3062). Samantha Siu The Lustrous Kingdom Necklace, £1,127 (samanthasiu.com). Earrings, stylist’s own
(Picture: Ekua King)There are only a few clouds in London’s January sky, but the wind is bitter enough to make commuters speed walk to Tube stations.
Yet in the north London studio where Jamaica’s reggae wunderkind Koffee is being photographed for her ES Magazine cover shoot, it feels like summer. Sun is beaming through a skylight, the sounds of Stormzy and Burna Boy are floating through the air and, believe it or not, it’s so hot a door is propped open to let a draught in. It would be poetic to say Koffee has brought the Jamaican sun with her, or that her smile is so bright it warms the room, but as sunny as her brace-laced grin is, that’s not the truth. The source of the studio’s premature summer is actually a giant fan heater, next to which Koffee is huddled up in a dressing gown. If those commuters thought they were cold, it’s nothing compared to how she’s feeling.
