Aaron Esh has continued his mission to create a wardrobe for those who live a cool, high-flying life, and this season he's getting better at understanding what London's young elites really want to wear.
Moving further away from her menswear roots, Esh focused more on sheer dresses and voluminous outerwear inspired by the cocoon shapes seen in the couture creations of Pierre Cardin and Cristóbal Balenciaga.
“I love it. I think with women's clothing you can convince the audience of what you're trying to say. With men's clothing, it gets confusing with [discussions around] Gender and masculinity,” he stated.
To play on the classy theme, Esh mixed street classics like logo caps, satin bomber jackets and washed jeans with a modern twist on the tuxedo, a leather cape coat and sashes, which were also seen around the waist of A floor-length wool coat made from the ends of bolts of fabric supplied by Misan, a textile seller in Soho, which would have cost £200 a metre.
Esh added that he vetted more than 500 candidates to select the ideal cast to tour the show. Among them was Kiki Willems, a neighbor of Esh, who opened the show in a sheer dress and melting groupie makeup.
“I see her at Broadway Market in her hoodie, but she's walking for Chanel. That's our wife, who's hungover on a Sunday morning in her hoodie, but she's wearing this beautiful coat. You have to have an incredibly high bar to be an Aaron Esh boy or girl,” Esh explained of his target demographic, which can be argued to share many similarities with the characters in Emerald Fennell’s much-discussed film, “Saltburn.” .
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