Why Martine Rose Is My Favourite Menswear Designer

In today's video we review Martine Rose's Fall Winter 2024 runway show / collection. Martine Rose convened another of her phenomenally heart-warming, powerfully directional shows in London on January 6. Roses were everywhere—grandparents, parents, sisters, brothers, cousins, and her children. Friends stood, whooped, danced, and cheered while the models—a cast of her favorite local heroes—proceeded to high-style it out. It was part Vogue ball, part riotous community fund-raising event—a night packed with laughter, warmth, and a wow-factor surprise. Because here was Martine Rose serving drop-dead elegant fashion. Phones were banned, but she’d had the show filmed, and released it at a screening during the Paris menswear. And then—another surprise—she did the show again for the fashion crowd tonight. “I was sort of just deconstructing what I care about, and what I really think is important,” she’d said on the night of the London show. “Which is how clothes can make you feel transformed. I really think this is a message now: to make something that felt joyful. I always talk about community a lot. I thought well, let’s actually do a community show, let’s do something that feels collective and empowering and fun.” She asked the audience to put away their phones because, “I didn’t want the focus to be on anything other than that moment of transformation and pleasure. There’s always the problem that phones pull us away, distract us and remove us so much from from the situation we’