TAILORING Edward Sexton
These days, wearing a suit is less of a given and more a matter of individual style. As such, when one chooses to suit up, it had better be in something with personality - precisely what Edward Sexton has specialised in since the 1970s. “There is this sense of play,” says Dominic Sebag-Montefiore, Sexton’s creative director, of the commissions he has received over the past year. “It feels like the suit can be reborn and reimagined because it’s been dying as a symbol of the corporate uniform. The suit is dead; long live the suit.” Sexton’s signature swaggering lapels and full-cut trousers give structured English tailoring a dash of sex appeal. And at the other end of the spectrum, the brand recently introduced its softest jacket ever: an uncanvased design that wears like a cardigan but retains the drama of the brand’s house silhouette. Whether you want to embrace the formality of tailoring or wear it lightly, Sexton does both impeccably. These are suits that say something.
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Virgil Abloh
When news of Virgil Abloh’s death broke in November last year, it came as a shock not only because so few knew he had cancer but also because the world had just begun catching up to his immense vision. Starting his career DJ’ing, designing streetwear and acting as creative director for
