Nicholas Palmer’s sophomore collection tackles the problem of taking his eponymous label from its lockdown roots to a solid position in the new and changing world that has emerged from the pandemic. Palmer’s commitment to sustainability and goal of creating garments that exude positivity led to the creation of N Palmer. This vision is continued in the N Palmer SS22 collection, which features only vintage and dead-stock materials in a new collection that emphasizes optimistic, beautiful responses to materialism’s problems.
Titled Collection 2, this season Palmer draws inspiration from the cyclical nature of his materials. Palmer looks to the recurrence of trends and styles in the same way that he looks to the recurrence of materials; flares, tie-dye, and the styling that is popular today were popular in the 2000s, and before that, the 1960s and 1970s.
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Creative Director: Nicholas Palmer
Photographer and Master of Ceremonies: Willow Williams
1st photography assistant: Sarah Merritt
2nd photography assistant: James Barretts
Styling: Jordan Dean Schnider
Styling Assistants: Sophie Casha & Jon Wallner
Hair : Toni and Guy
Makeup: by Jenny Green
DOP, Editor and Soundtrack: Benjamin Charlton
Retouching: Adam Reinbach
Models Babs and Koshin at NAMED Models
Glasses : Cubitts
Shoes: Good News
Shirting with low-cut necklines and square collars, as well as pants with the classic broad-front fly, have been modernised with exposed zips down each leg for a streamlined 13-button salute, are all inspired by vintage sailor uniforms from the mid-20th century. While some may see the nautical references as a commonplace summer inspiration, Palmer uses them, along with flashes of metallic lame, to make a subtle reference to the drag balls that took place beneath the decks of passenger cruise ships, merchant marine ships, and even the Royal Navy in the mid-20th century, as documented by Paul Baker and Jo Stanley in Hello Sailor.
