Fashion Week

JW Anderson Fall 2020, Where Volume Is the Word

JW Anderson delivered his manifesto in the show notes from his fall 2020 presentation on Monday, the final day of London Fashion Week: “Mixed-media art, taken from the familiar to the beautifully strange, blowing them up to extreme volumes.” Every look shown on the runway was a staple design—a trench coat, a tea-length dress, or a suit jacket. In Anderson’s hands, though, the proportions were turned completely on their heads. Fuzzy, metallic dresses were given bulbous backs à la Comme des Garçons; pussy bow blouses had ties that almost reached the models’ knees, and the collar on one coat stretched far beyond the shoulders. JW Anderson’s front row was among the most star-studded of LFW, with Charli XCX, Billy Porter, and even the musician Eve taking in the show, which Kaia Gerber opened. See backstage hair-and-makeup moments, and first looks from the show, here.
by W Staff
February 17, 2020 12:04 pm
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.
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Backstage at the JW Anderson fall 2020 show, during London Fashion Week, on February 17, 2020. Photographed by Serichai Traipoom.