The Vibe :
⊹ Woodgrain satin babydolls and reconstructed bedding dresses turn the house itself into a wardrobe.
⊹ Torn tights stuffed with bunnies bring childhood comfort objects into an altogether stranger outfit.
⊹ Yvmin accessories include cuddling-cat belt closures and a wristwatch with its own miniature ballerina.
The wardrobe comes from inside the house at Ashley Williams Spring 2027. Taking Bonnie Grape from What’s Eating Gilbert Grape as her muse, Williams considered a life lived within four walls, finding both affection and isolation in the objects that surround it. Satin babydolls carried prints resembling wooden paneling, while reconstructed floral dresses drew on bedding and curtain-like fabrics. These familiar domestic references arrived with torn tights stuffed with bunnies, making comfort look a little peculiar.
Williams kept finding new uses for the linen cupboard. Cotton sheets became a long-sleeved dress shirt with a matching cropped cape, decorated with hand-drawn figures reading books and eating apples alongside the words “happy memories.” Elsewhere, backless hot-pink silk dresses gathered into frilled heaps, and track tops merged with peach-toned viscose skirts. The combinations made the collection feel assembled from different corners of a home: something sentimental, something sporty, something saved for an occasion that never quite arrived.
The accessories continued that domestic fantasy through Williams’ recurring collaboration with Chinese experimental jewelry label Yvmin. A plastic belt mimicked porcelain, with two cuddling Siamese cats forming its closure. A chunky wristwatch borrowed from a mechanical music box, complete with a miniature dancing ballerina. Those tiny household treasures gave the clothes another layer of nostalgia, while identical bob wigs with bangs and pale pink lipstick extended Williams’ affectionate reading of Bonnie across the cast.
Brand DNA
British designer Ashley Williams launched her London label after graduating from the University of Westminster. Kitsch graphics, rhinestone hair clips, nostalgic prints, slinky separates, and punk-inflected femininity give her work its cult appeal.
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