Seamlessly woven into the same design fabric, fashion and interiors are becoming increasingly interconnected. Dressing our homes or dressing ourselves, they both allow the opportunity to convey our personal style and taste through colours, patterns, textures and shapes. And trends that emerge on the catwalk often find their way into home decor and furnishings – and vice versa.
Naturally, this symbiotic relationship has led to crossovers, with fashion designers and brands transferring into the realms of interiors, by either launching their own interior lines or dabbling with collaborations alongside established homeware entities.
“Interior design has been with me from the start, partly because my mum took as much care of our home as she did her appearance,” Matthew Williamson, who designed his first collection for John Lewis in 2021, tells us. “For me, fashion and interiors have always been very connected, they’re part of the same design universe.”
In 1997, three years after he graduated from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, Matthew debuted his eponymous fashion house at London Fashion Week – the show
