Cocoon Cocoon is an emerging brand from the UK dedicated to embracing organic, natural, and caring principles. Each piece is handmade in South East England, and is crafted with the utmost respect for both people and the planet.
Alex of Studio Kettle collaborated with the designers of Cocoon Cocoon for AW24.
Having individually worked as designers in printing, dyeing, and textiles, Junko Jinushi & Kyoko Kato had come across each other through collaborative efforts for magazines and advertisements before deciding to launch ANTIPAST together in the 1990s.
Their highly coveted socks and accessories are beautiful, intricate, and whimsical.
Alex, the French designer behind Atelier Suppan, creates unique and utilitarian pieces that are thoughtfully designed with truly amazing detail and craftsmanship. Hems and collars are often hand finished, fabric is hand dyed, shapes are twisted and closures off center.
Many of her pieces are quite adjustable with sterling silver hooks or buttons, and can be worn a multitude of ways.
All pieces are limited edition and handmade in her Paris atelier.
Junji Koike is driven by sustainability and environmental consciousness. His bags are distinguished by exceptional leather treatments and buttery-soft finishes. He draws upon the crafting traditions of 18th century Europe, and often repurposes antique jacquards and Japanese kinsha silks from the mid-1900s in his clothing collections.
Extreme Cashmere sources their durable and washable cashmere from goats that live in mountainous areas in the Chinese region inner Mongolia, where the temperatures are extreme.
Their clothing is genderless and unisize, as the designer believes in finding the perfect shape for your body and style rather than fixating on a size.
Paris-based Gareth Casey is heavily inspired by workwear, using the finest milled traditional fabrics in his collections. He is perhaps best known for his signature paper cotton fabric, an absolute necessity around the shop with its soft hand and beautifully wrinkled appearance.
Each garment is finished with a hand sewn red thread, a Casey Casey trademark and a nod to the meticulous construction and attention to detail on all of their garments.
Paris-based atelier Astier de Villatte is renowned for their whimsical ceramics. Founded in 1996 by Benoit Astier de Villatte and Ivan Pericoli, these ceramics are crafted in a traditional pottery style passed down from generation to generation — putting forth one-of-a-kind objects both romantically bohemian and practical in their everyday use.
Boboutic’s approach to knitwear is unpredictable, aiming at creating a product where materials and structures compensate each other.
The yarn, considered as an endless line, is ideally kept intact by rejecting the use of scissors in the making of the garments. They work around the idea of a “knitwear wardrobe”, living and working in Florence, Italy.
British perfumer Lyn Harris' philosophy is to create beautiful and unique fragrances which embody life and nature, whilst maintaining a signature simplicity and meticulous precision. Perfumer H aims to be at the forefront of the sustainable fragrance movement by offering products that are timeless, elegant, handmade, and refillable.
The Perfumer H laboratory is located in Marylebone, London.
UK-based brand with a strong emphasis on cut and fabrication. The designer, Bella, started this line after an 18 year career in luxury fashion as a designer and pattern cutter. They have strong relationships with their Italian, Portuguese, and Welsh fabric mills that align with their practice.
Elena Dawson works with only a handful of retailers, and her designs are driven by cloth, rather than sketches.
Her experience as a seamstress after university greatly influences her work. “I draw on the knowledge I learned at the tailors still now in the way I make clothing—when you work on alterations you are really tearing the guts out of the garment, performing a sort of autopsy—you really get to see a garment at its most vulnerable point. Observing this state of semi deconstruction in the making of a garment or shoe is what I like to retain in my finished work."
All pieces are handmade in the UK.