Faustine Steinmetz, the girl of the moment from London, took her techniques to the next level in her quest to make everyday clothing special and and artisan. Jeans came hand-felted and brushed with orange and white details to outline the stitching in a trompe l’oeil effect, or painted in silicone with thick, whipped strokes that were echoed in jewellery and hair pieces by Lara Jensen. For AW15, the young designer prove, that even the basics of our wardrobe can be revisited – I wish to touch one of these trousers. They seem to be out of this world. Until now, Steinmetz has been hand-weaving all her fabrics, but a sponsorship this season from Cotton USA meant that she was able to buy sustainable, materials. But she still gave them her very special and specific treatment: “It’s a bit like a painting,” she noted of the adding of felt and paint to her denim canvas and the way she had digitally printed blurry Photoshop lines onto jeans not so typical. “This was a reflection on if I were to buy fabric, like other people do – and their life is much easier, I’m sure – where would I want to take it, and why would I do that?“

Photography Philip Trengove