In contrast with the SS15 collection – a colourful affair boasting watercolour shades of blue and pink as well as textures heavy in shine and sheer – Joseph Turvey’s AW15 guy is a hardcore cult horror film fan, and it shows.
Referencing films like ‘The Craft’, ‘Wicker Man’ and Clive Barker’s ‘Nightbreed’, the Turvey man this season adopts a dark palette, swapping metallic pleats for black lace and waist length jackets for heavy over coats that fall around the knee.
Adding a further eerie quality to proceedings, the designer’s research incorporated fairy tales and old folk law stories such as ‘The Boy Who Cried Wolf’ and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’.
“On the surface these tales are very innocent,” acknowledges Turvey, “but (they) have a much darker hidden message, which was something I wanted to explore within the collection.”
Self-styling an exclusive new editorial for Clash, Joseph worked with photographer Juan Jose Lorenzo, while the aforementioned gothic lace (actually a mix of Guipure and Chantilly) was a collaboration with Sophie Hallette.
Elsewhere artist Natalie Martin used the designer’s sketchbook and turned its pages into embroidered badges and patches, adding a rougher, unfinished aesthetic to the collection; a bronze casual two piece stands out as a Turvey signature.
Hair: Carolina Crona
Make-up: Claire Mulleady using MAC
Footwear: Dr. Martens
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