AFFXWRKS

AFFXWRKS started in 2016 as a show on the pirate radio station Know Wave. It has since grown into a design practice built around an idea it calls "New Utility". The label was founded by Michael Kopelman of Gimme Five, stylist and creative consultant Stephen Mann, Taro Ray, who was then a project designer at Mackintosh, and Kiko Kostadinov.

The approach is to reimagine traditional workwear, and the label keeps developing it through collaboration. Colours tend to be tonal, with contrasting topstitching that shows off how each garment is put together. Recent pieces include twill-weave jackets with a wrap-around neckline, water-repellent trousers, lightweight woven shorts, graphic T-shirts and baseball caps with embroidered logos.