While everyone else’s minds turn to thoughts of lazing in the sun, work never lets up for the fashion industry. With London Collections: Men round the corner and London Fashion Week a scant two months after, there’s no rest for the wicked. During the AW13 show season, Wonderland grabbed some time to talk to those lurking behind the scenes, who make sure job Fashion Week runs smoothly.

Freelance fashion stylist, Natasha Wray, nails the hectic occupational hazards: “If monotony and schedules and knowing what’s going to happen every day if that’s what you like, you can’t do this job.” Meanwhile, designer Fred Butler talks about the work that goes into bringing a collection to life, and Goodley PR supremo Jamie Holloway shares his survival tips (forget champagne and ciggies, it’s all about Berocca, coconut water and sleep).

With that in mind, all eyes will be on the guys this week. Will anyone turn up with a fence on their face? Will any more blokes be wearing dresses a la J.W. Anderson? Guess we’ll just have to wait and see..

Words: Billie-Jade Thomas
Video: Harry Carr

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Alongside Peace and JAWS, Swim Deep are one of the B-town boys preaching love and rock’n’roll happiness from Ozzy Osbourne’s hometown. For the Outspoken issue, we photographed the quartet for a very special champagne-fuelled karaoke session and asked them to sing the most gloriously, hand-on-heart personal anthem we could think of: R Kelly’s ‘I Believe I Can Fly’.

We think they did pretty well – do you? Other loud-and-proud musicians in our Outspoken issue include Swedish chanteuse Beatrice Eli, A&R favourite Rainy Milo and ex-New Young Pony Club keyboardist turned frontwoman Lou Hayter – and of course, Taylor Swift herself. Although we don’t know if she’s an R Kelly fan too.

Swim Deep’s debut album, Where The Heaven Are We, is due out on 29th July on Sony.

Film by Greg Barnes (clingfilms.tumblr.com)

Sound engineer: Douglas Fayers (www.dnaproductionsuk.com)
Fashion Editor: Natasha Wray
Photographer: Samuel John Butt
Styling assistance: Naomi Lewis and Katie Beardsley

Makeup: Teiji Utsumi
Makeup assistance: Nao Matsuo
Hair: Helena Lyons
Hair assistance: Scarlett Burton
Location: Rosina Studio

Thanks to: Jack Greenhalgh, Rosina Studios, Jessica Murray and Rupert Wilson-Copp.

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