Architecture, and the social aspects which surround it, take centre stage as points of reference for Benjamin Bertram. His graduation collection titled ‘Suburban Boys’ was inspired by a Brutalist apartment block in his hometown, Sheffield, known as Park Hill (built in the late 1950’s to house the residents of a former down at heel neighbourhood, the block is now a Grade II listed building), while his second collection, ‘Logan’s Run’ (named after the 1976 sci-fi movie with the same title) was inspired by the clean lines and futuristic volumes of the ‘City of Arts and Sciences’, a truly monumental architectural complex in Valencia, Spain, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Félix Candela.

Both collections echo the lines, textures and volumes seen in the buildings they reference, by carefully layering simple forms to create a composite, elaborate look.