Artistic director Stuart Vevers says his new collection is inspired by Bruce Springsteen and prematurely hip hop
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Bruce Springsteen and Grandmaster Race might not sound like natural bedfellows but Stuart Vevers supervised to make a rock-hip hop mash-up look totally feasible on the School catwalk, done out with girders to look a bit like a construction site. See loads of plaid, combat boots, bucket hats unsmiling out of a Jamal Shabaz street style picture, and the excellently named Gotham tote bag.
‘It’s a New York manufacturer so I’m looking at things from New York,’ said Vevers. ‘There are symmetries between Bruce’s poetic rebellion and the early hip hop scene.’ Certainly in the pass outs of Vevers. Add XXXXL puffas, biker jackets and skinny straight-legged trousers and here’s an autumn 2016 look that is both merited to run and a rapper’s delight.
