#jumpsuits

Gaga donned an otherworldly creation from emerging designer Anton Femia, a graduate of Central Saint Martins. The look, aptly titled The Fly Witch which hails from his "A Walk in the Forest" graduate collection, blurred the line between couture, costume, and performance art — a spellbinding ode to Gothic surrealism.

The dramatic all-black jumpsuit fused velvet corsetry and sheer organza harem trousers, sculpted with architectural precision. The bodice was studded with gilded keyhole motifs, like relics torn from a haunted château, while oversized puffed sleeves and ruffled cuffs exaggerated its shadowy silhouette. The pièce de résistance: a pair of sculptural, iridescent fly wings attached at the back, turning Gaga into a living insect deity gliding through the night.

For his CSM graduate collection "The Venice of Essex", emerging designer Matthew David Andrews transformed a tale of storm and flood into sculptural fashion theatre. Inspired by the catastrophic 1958 storm that submerged the town of Wickford, Andrews reimagined survival, spectacle, and community through exaggerated silhouettes and surreal adornments.

At the heart of this vision are his umbrella-inspired hats, developed in collaboration with Jenny Beattie Millinery. One standout piece features a sweeping black satin crown with arched points that recall an inverted umbrella caught in the gale. Perched atop sits an olive-green veiled pillbox, cinched with a bow of vintage-print newspaper, as though salvaged from the floodwaters. The veil’s delicate pom-poms blur the line between protection and decoration, echoing Andrews’ tension between catastrophe and carnival.

Much like the show’s narrative — a small town navigating survival during a torrential storm — the hat encapsulates a duality of fragility and defiance. The umbrella silhouette shields while simultaneously failing to protect, an ironic gesture that mirrors both the absurdity and resilience of English seaside life.

Doesn't this remind you of her early umbrella-shaped headwear moments from the past like here and here?