FashionEtc.com January 15th, 2026

For Melanie Stark, a sales assistant at the posh UK department store, the choice to go barefaced at work left her without a job.

The looks, appropriately accessorized with obi belts, origami-esque hats, and botanical prints, conveyed the designer's admiration for the country, but the showing was far from just a symbolic tribute.

The Roald Dahl-meets-Wes Anderson feel of the short film dovetails with the season’s runway show, which was inspired by British country sports and Fantastic Mr. Fox.

The designer, known for sexing up Gucci and putting many a naked model in his eponymous lines' ad campaigns, is nothing if not obsessed with the body—just not every body.