William Palmer
United Kingdom
The Breadwinner
The collection playfully critiques British masculinity through humour and satire, challenging hyper-masculine ideals shaped by lad culture and capitalist pressures. Inspired by personal experience, it explores expectations of the breadwinner, emotional vulnerability, and imperfection through symbolic garments, bite-mark details, and underwear-hoodie hybrids, proposing a more expressive and inclusive vision of masculinity.
The collection is inspired by personal experiences of British lad culture, exploring aggressive masculinity, emotional repression, and the pressure on men to prove their worth financially. Referencing 90s and 00s Britpop bands, football casuals, and everyday British environments such as cafés and the home, it uses humour and satire to challenge traditional masculine stereotypes.
The collection primarily uses cotton poplin shirting, reworked into checkered underwear hoodies and oversized boxer shorts. Weatherproof organic cotton is used for trench coats and Harrington jackets. Layered French terry sweatshirt fabric references British estate streetwear, while tea towel polo shirting and upcycled tablecloth fabrics form hoods and anoraks. Upcycled waste British wool fabric is used to construct a duffle coat.
The collection playfully critiques British masculinity through humour and satire, challenging hyper-masculine ideals shaped by lad culture and capitalist pressures. Inspired by personal experience, it explores expectations of the breadwinner, emotional vulnerability, and imperfection through symbolic garments, bite-mark details, and underwear-hoodie hybrids, proposing a more expressive and inclusive vision of masculinity.
The collection is inspired by personal experiences of British lad culture, exploring aggressive masculinity, emotional repression, and the pressure on men to prove their worth financially. Referencing 90s and 00s Britpop bands, football casuals, and everyday British environments such as cafés and the home, it uses humour and satire to challenge traditional masculine stereotypes.
The collection primarily uses cotton poplin shirting, reworked into checkered underwear hoodies and oversized boxer shorts. Weatherproof organic cotton is used for trench coats and Harrington jackets. Layered French terry sweatshirt fabric references British estate streetwear, while tea towel polo shirting and upcycled tablecloth fabrics form hoods and anoraks. Upcycled waste British wool fabric is used to construct a duffle coat.