SFW 2021 has just finished and by the end of this article, there’ll be one thing that’ll stick in your mind – nothing other than sustainability in its entire essence. This year, Stockholm Fashion Week largely took the shape of intimate studio visits and a few live shows here and there, with the focus for the schedule centring, of course, on sustainability. However, that wasn’t the sole focus, with their counterparts of technology and creativity also taking bits and pieces of the Swedish cake.

Hedi Slimane’s Cosmic Cruiser presentation opens the way few fashion shows do: with shots of motorbikes kicking up dust in a forest. Set on the Grand Gaou Island (Île du Grand Gaou) in Southern France, Celine’s SS22 Men’s collection somehow takes a backseat to the daredevil motocross antics and the beautiful Mediterranean scenery. The young models, punk-rock outfits, and motocross daredevils all combined to create an atmosphere of freedom; youthful escapism prevails, particularly as many countries resume life-as-almost-normal in this latter half of 2021. Slimane’s film, subtitled ‘RIDING A NEW AGE / RESTLESS DREAMS OF A COSMIC TEEN’, bursts with optimism for a post-pandemic culture, moving past the months of restrictions to a liberating celebration of youth.