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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 founde¬¬¬d in British heritage, it is at heart a London brand: a contemporary reflection of the sense of occasion intrinsic to British dressing mentality. For Autumn-Winter 2022, David Koma investigates the idiosyncrasies of British dress codes through his own distinct lens, and studies the uniforms of country’s 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 London’s stately ballrooms to the party girls of the city’s dancefloors, occasion-wear 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
