
After many seasons even a few years of rapid expansion and delivering hit after hit collection to critical and commercial appeal, Jonathan Anderson slowed down for his fall/winter outing to show a collection grounded in reality as in tank top and knickers ensembles or pushing the envelope of grotesque with giant sleeve coats. But it was mostly a calm affair with barely any fireworks like the cartoonish shapes from last season or the Michael Clark dance ensemble collection from one year ago. Anderson feels that the constant stream of information and imagery on our phones can create immediate overdosing situations hence also fashion is very much in danger of having the same effect on people with its constant barrage of celebrity imagery. Only last night during the BAFTA awards, some of the most prominent members of Hollywood stepped down the red carpet in fantastical outfits competing with yesterday’s London Fashion Week show imagery from Anderson or Conner Ives for example. How can those images survive a week or month’s memory? How can fashion be relevant when people are sick of it before it gets to the store or has been copied already? These are questions on the mind of fashion’s number one thinking man and his collection provided a good starting point with its lack of novelty for novelties sake but sense of fashion ambition.

Tank top and knickers ensembles

Giant sleeve coats

Sandra Hüller wearing Louis Vuitton at the 2024 BAFTA awards

Daisy Edgar-Jones wearing Gucci at the 2024 BAFTA awards

Barry Keoghan wearing Burberry at the 2024 BAFTA awards
Not one for holding back?
Fashion is about shape and silhouette and Anderson always shows a reaction to that. His bulbous hourglass shaped mini dresses were the perfect counterpoint to the über-basic lingerie portion.

Bulbous hourglass shaped mini dresses

The Brit flair?
His V-neck sweaters paired with long skirts made from brightly colored ribbons which looked like a trophy from a horse race around a jockey’s neck made clever reference to British equestrian culture and showed off Anderson’s tongue in cheek humor.

V-neck sweaters paired with long skirts made from brightly colored ribbons

The knitwear?
Having his way with knits, Anderson covered some sweaters with differently sized fabric flaps in the front or double-tied them around the waist to enhance the comfort message.

Sweaters with different size fabric flaps

Sweaters that are double-tied around the waist

Jonathan Anderson at JW Anderson F/W 2024

