David Koma Autumn Winter 2022 Digital Show

Twenty years into his London residency, this year David Koma has formally been granted British citizenship. The honour has made the designer born in Tbilisi and raised in Saint Petersburg approach his adopted country with new awareness. While his proposition was never founded in British heritage, it is at heart a London brand: a contemporary reflection of the sense of occasion intrinsic to British dressing mentality. For AutumnWinter 2022, David Koma investigates the idiosyncrasies of British dress codes through his own distinct lens, and studies the uniforms of countrys favourite sports of football and rugby. The collection embraces the archetypes of England with equal adoration: the upper class, the working class, and the sporty. From the ladies of Londons stately ballrooms to the party girls of the citys dancefloors, occasionwear traverses silhouettes from the sculptural silk taffeta volumes of haute couture to the skimpy hemlines of little club dresses. Infused with the spirit of spo