Byronesque have selected archival pieces from five iconoclastic brands whose designs speak volumes today.

Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have stripped back to basics for A/W 21, deciding to not only go with designs that look like Prada, but feel like Prada too.

Analysing the standout moments from the recent S/S 22 menswear and A/W 21 haute couture seasons, the SHOWstudio film department unpack the future of fashion communication.

Creating a 'dialogue of inspirations', the house's artistic director Pierpaolo Piccioli looked to 16 artists and their unique illustrations to serve as an inspiration for each of the collection's 84 looks sent down the runway.

SHOWstudio's features editor Hetty Mahlich is joined by Darkwah Kyei-Darkwah and Priya Elan to discuss Kerby Jean-Raymond's Pyer Moss A/W 21 haute couture debut.

Chewing over the age-old question of couture’s relevance in the modern era, Dal Choda talks to Central Saint Martins’ Fashion Communication pathway students about couture’s pertinence in today’s society.

Live from London, features editor Hetty Mahlich and fashion critic M-C Hill review the Fendi A/W 21 haute couture show.

SHOWstudio's very own fashion critic M-C Hill is joined by Cally Blackman, Joshua James Small and Steven Ma to discuss the Balenciaga A/W 21 haute couture show.

Live from London, content editor Calum Knight and features editor Hetty Mahlich review the Jean Paul Gaultier A/W 21 haute couture show.

Live from London, content editor Calum Knight and features editor Hetty Mahlich review the Balenciaga A/W 21 haute couture show.

Live from London, features editor Hetty Mahlich and fashion critic M-C Hill review the Chanel A/W 21 haute couture show.

Live from London, content editor Calum Knight and fashion critic M-C Hill review the Christian Dior A/W 21 haute couture show.

Live from London, content editor Calum Knight and features editor Hetty Mahlich review the Iris van Herpen A/W 21 haute couture show.

Live from London, content editor Calum Knight and fashion critic M-C Hill review the Marc Jacobs A/W 21 womenswear show.

Trinity Vigorsky aka @eartheater discusses look #23 from Di Petsa A/W 21.

Filmmaker Raquel Couceiro discusses look #5 from Simone Rocha A/W 21.

Drag queen superstar Bimini Bon Boulash discusses look #5 Louis Vuitton A/W 21 womenswear.

Fashion critic Pierre M'Péle aka @pam_boy discusses look #1 from Robert Wun A/W 21.

The Valentino A/W 21 haute couture collection, Valentino Des Ateliers, will be presented on 15 July in Venice.

Live from London, features editor Hetty Mahlich and fashion critic M-C Hill review the Duran Lantink SSAW21 show.

For the brand's centenary, Gucci's artistic director turned to the house's legacy, offering an unusually literal take on the archives for a designer well past his debut. It was Alessandro Michele's smartest move yet.

Marking a new era for the brand, today Charlotte Knowles and Alexandre Arsenault unveiled their A/W 21 collection under the moniker 'KNWLS'.

Drawing on the Dior muse Mitzah Bricardi and designer Elio Fiorucci for her inspiration, Maria Grazia Chiuri presented a pop-fuelled extravaganza for her Dior A/W 21 collection at Shanghai Fashion Week.

Across the A/W 21 season, designers experimented with printed matter, celebrity cameos, fashion film, runway shows and finally, the still image. Violet Conroy poses the year-old question: how best to communicate fashion during a pandemic?