CIAO, BELLA: “Ginsberg Is God,” according to Bella Freud’s cult, slogan sweaters, but the crowd celebrating the designer’s spring 2020 collection at the Matchesfashion town house in London had other ideas: On Thursday night, they worshipped at the musical altar of Little Simz.
Dressed in a periwinkle Bella Freud corduroy tux, the British rapper and singer took over the second-floor space of the Matchesfashion.com town house with a live performance that saw her jump off the speaker-filled stage and take it to the floor for her final song.
There was a Seventies spirit in the air, and a sense of irreverence in Freud’s latest designs, which focused on tailoring and were inspired by the Texan swagger of Jerry Hall. There were also velvet tuxedo combinations in a new pink palette to express the “intensity of London, like a Roxy Music album,” according to Freud. The designer has also done a white velvet tuxedo as a Matchesfashion exclusive.
Dressed in a periwinkle Bella Freud corduroy tux, the British rapper and singer took over the second-floor space of the Matchesfashion.com town house with a live performance that saw her jump off the speaker-filled stage and take it to the floor for her final song.
There was a Seventies spirit in the air, and a sense of irreverence in Freud’s latest designs, which focused on tailoring and were inspired by the Texan swagger of Jerry Hall. There were also velvet tuxedo combinations in a new pink palette to express the “intensity of London, like a Roxy Music album,” according to Freud. The designer has also done a white velvet tuxedo as a Matchesfashion exclusive.
Little Simz attends the Matchesfashion x Bella Freud Musical Matches event.
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Bella Freud’s logo — a whippet with his tongue out drawn by her late father Lucian Freud — appeared around the room, while the designer’s personal artworks and rugs covered the walls. A few of