Drawing inspiration from the Western design codes of horse racing, as well as the mastery and dressage of its Eastern lineage —LES BENJAMINS’ Spring-Summer 2023 collection lifts and recontextualises these ceremonial aesthetics with fluid streetwear cuts.
Entitled ‘The Horse of the East’, the notion of the collection came to the brand’s creative director Bunyamin Aydin “When I was living in Dubai, I was in Business Bay, and my house was really close to Meydan, where all the big horse races take place. Lamia [my partner] would always tell me about her childhood, and how she was inspired by dressing up for the horse races she would attend, and create custom pieces for. It’s just like a fashion show, everyone dresses up"