YAZ WHITLOCK

‘It was a release of so many ideas,’ explains Yaz Whitlock of her graduate collection, which was an other-worldly display including a bubonic jacket and pair of trousers fully cast in silicone. ‘It took months and months to make. I like to create a hybrid of many forms, and my collection was very much like that.’ Whitlock combined her rubbery, alien-like pieces with a textured knitted dress that swept the runway and a matching bodysuit modelled by her friend. ‘My friend has one arm and I created a prosthetic levitating hand for her to wear, too,’ she says. Whitlock is no stranger to surrealist SFX, having already made a foetal baby goat for FKA twigs’ Caprisongs mixtape. The TikTok video of her collection has been viewed almost a million times, setting her on a course for more viral success. @yaz_____xl