Through a historical framework D.SSENT searches for the origin of the ‘Dandy’ and in doing so, encounters the debonair aesthetics of ‘Les Incroyables’ and ‘Muscadins’ amid the end of the French Revolution. Moving forward to 1950’s London, the collection is met with the style and

attitudes of the ‘Teddy Boys’.

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The cross-continental tension between modern and traditional styles is exhibited through D.SSENT’s execution of tailoring, draping, asymmetry, and scale.