‘ detailed eye for menswear is evident in everything she creates, and is no different. The London-based designer is already well-established across the UK and beyond but continues to make noise across international borders. From debuting her first to mentoring students at , Bianca Saunders is on top of the world.
Bianca Saunders has returned to , kicking off the second day with an intimate runway tapping into Jamaican tourism culture. “I wanted to play with the idea of tourism because it’s been a while since I visited Jamaica; I’ve been thinking of making my next visit there at the end of the year,” she told Hypebeast post-show. “Looking at a lot of tourist sightings, I wanted to mix it with British tailoring — going to Jamaica in the 1940s and what that would have been like for someone who was packing.
” The designer invites us to check in to “The Hotel” of Bianca Saunders for SS25, playing with sartorial tailoring and elevated menswear that has become her signature. Vacation-inspired resort photographs by photojournalist Bradley Smith inspired the collection, capturing international characters on their getaway to the Caribbean isles. Hotel workmen, including butlers, drivers, and fishermen, boast reimagined uniforms equipped for beaming days under the Jamaican sunshine.
The latter opened the runway with an asymmetrical knitted cap to block the sun away, wearing a bandaged silk top and low-slung trousers complete with strapped footwear made in partnership .