These tootsie-shaped stiletto boots sent social media into a fetish, courtesy of the label’s newly appointed creative director, Beate Karlsson. We speak to the designer on bringing the bizarre to the banal, Kim K’s butt and sustainability in the industry.

Alice Dodds doesn’t paint within the lines. The much-lauded anti-conformist make-up artist, with less than two years under her belt (half of which has been spent in perpetual quarantine), already counts several publications and fashion designer, Adam Jones, as her clients.

Tanzania James of ‘Sustainaheaux’, is all about thrifting, social responsibility and repurposing fashion. But her newfound success didn’t come easy: “I started out sewing in a garment class…I was immediately intrigued by design, but being a mother, the thought of being a creative full-time was scary.”

Queer performance artist and musician Harley Deville uses their medium as an outlet for self-discovery, the work rooted in their own spirituality, healing, and artistic freedom.

The Central Saint Martins alum was up-cycling way before it was cool. He has an obsession with old items and the stories they hold – so much so that a lot of his free time is spent watching items being restored on YouTube

Although only 18, Tayo Sound’s introspection on romance is a relatable, heart-wrenching tale felt by many. From mastering his sound in the bedroom of his Reading home, we speak to the musical artist about his inspirations, break-ups and Space Monkeys.

There’s nothing corny about Nathan Korn’s fashions. More appropriate words spring to mind: sensual, naive, romantic. Graduating from CSM in 2017, Korn has become to go-to for pop star boys the likes of Years and Years’ Olly Alexander.

Championing streetwear and old movies has her biggest inspirations, hypnotic stylist Phoebe Butterworth talks tiaras, Notting Hill Carnival and Béyonce.

During the first lockdown last year, London-based artist Theo Bardsley took up painting. His portraits immortalise the noise and vibrancy of the social interactions we crave as he invites you in, from the solitude of your living room, into the bustling setting behind his brushstrokes.

From days at the Royal College of Art to nights in clubs and features on drag race, Adam Frost is a queer working-class artist and quite frankly, a one-man party apparatus.

Stylist Simone Beyene first met her long-time friend and collaborator, zesty ‘West-Ten’ singer Mabel, back at school in Stockholm. But they didn’t always have the MTV-obsessed friendship that’s become the reoccurring theme tune to their ‘90s/’00 inspired work.

Shot in lockdown 3.0 (is that where we’re up to?), Clinch captures boyfriend, model and disability-advocate Ryan Zaman, in a series of surrealistic images that blur preconceived gender norms through a circus-inspired multi-colour prism.

CSM first-year Ruby Rose Hamilton on student life in the URL, pet peeves and how her parents’ separation was her main source of inspiration.

Cameron Paul Jukes on getting into CSM, the inspirations behind his first-year project and the struggles with finding the perfect date outfit.

This first-year womenswear designer at CSM took inspiration from Hansel and Gretel, Patience Agababi and fat fetishism on Pornhub.

Never has the good old buzzword of Gen Z hailed so true for Tom Goddard: the multi-hyphenate. What some like to call the slashies, the fingers in many pies kind, the Salisbury-based 23-year-old can pen photographer, videographer and model into his email signature that we all spend far too long making look ‘pretty.’

Need we say more? For this Central Saint Martins student, inspiration can be found in anything.

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. So the next time you want to throw out your shower mat or sieve, think of the turtles. But also, think of Clara Chu.

With fish and chip shops and dirty nights in Wales as her backdrop, Megan Winstone flips preconceived notions of womanhood on their bare arse.

If Willy Wonka’s multi-coloured candy land was melted down into a lucid mess and splashed across a mob of nylon tights, it would look like Celia Calderón Asensio’s electrifying creations.