Eight sartorial trends for the new season
Eight signs of the times, from the new season’s collections
In 1984, Miuccia Prada took the kind of heavy-duty synthetic fabric more often used to make parachutes and repurposed it for a range of handbags bearing her family’s name, in the process writing her own into fashion history. Today, nylon — developed by DuPont in 1938 as a successor to rayon — is a luxury super-material. Future-facing collections from Dunhill, Stella McCartney and Lanvin have all used the once-maligned material to great and varied effect of late. Hardy, water-resistant and sculptural, as well as increasingly recyclable, nylon’s new era is a world away from the horror of Nineties tracksuits. This parka is made almost entirely from nylon off-cuts: clever and forward thinking. Finlay Renwick Notte black recycled quilted polyester parka, £3,800, by ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA COUTURE