

ADRIFT | SS24
ADRIFT explores a future shaped by climate, water and the limits of land. The starting point was architectural renderings of speculative cities designed to respond to rising sea levels and global warming. These structures, conceived as floating or airborne environments, propose a different way of living. The idea extends into clothing. If cities begin to float, garments must respond. Function, protection and adaptability are considered alongside form, resulting in pieces that are both resolved in structure and fluid in movement. Construction remains central. As with all Black Coffee collections, the process is guided by concept but realised through technique, where the underlying idea reveals itself through how the clothes are made. Silhouettes reflect this duality. There is a balance between engineered form and ease, between containment and release. Layers interact as systems, allowing garments to shift with changing conditions while maintaining clarity and restraint. References are not literal. Maritime engineering, speculative architecture and the visual language of future environments inform the work indirectly, embedded in proportion, fabrication and construction. ADRIFT continues an ongoing exploration of clothing as a response to its context, where each collection evolves from the last, forming part of a continuous body of work.












