Photography Raffaele Cariou, Styling Mirko PedoneFashion / FeatureFashion / FeatureChaos Magic: Zegna meets three London musicians in their native postcodesCktrl, Duval Timothy, and Azekel return to their home haunts in our autumn 2021 issueShareLink copied ✔️November 10, 2021November 10, 2021TextDaniel RodgersZegna – Autumn 2021 Cktrl has collaborated with Bianca Saunders, Priya Ahluwalia, and Nicholas Daley, soundtracking the mythical utopias of Beyoncé’s Black Is King and Virgil Abloh’s Louis Vuitton. Today, however, the future-jazz musician returns to Lewisham, where he stands in Ermenegildo Zegna AW21, lensed by Raffaele Cariou and styled by Mirko Pedone. This season’s offering from the Italian fashion house is leisure luxurified. Think traditional tweeds repurposed into sportswear silhouettes, like shearling joggers, felted wide legs, caramel driving jackets, and cashmere turtlenecks, as seen here on Cktrl, who’s reflecting on all the sounds that made him. “I began making music when I got a copy of FruityLoops off my bredrin,” he says, noting how he still makes music on a clunky Windows XP machine. Around the corner – or, the page – fellow South Londoner Duval Timothy is wearing a blue cotton shackett by the label “as an homage to Lewisham – Blue Borough”. But Timothy, a nomad by nature, could just as easily be wearing the colour to honour the Sierra Leonean flag, where he splits his time producing tracks for Solange, Vegyn, and Loyle Carner. While his practice spans music, zines, fine art, and curation, Timothy admits that “it’s taken me a while to realise that it’s OK to just make stuff and be open to it growing in unexpected ways”. It’s a freewheeling spirit shared by Azekel Adesuyi, a Hackney-born R&B musician who credits his creativity to being able to “exist in different communities through collaboration”. Enveloped in a cloaking apricot scarf and a deep-grooved, olive sweater from the label’s lockdown collection, Azekel’s own experience of the pandemic also happened to yield unexpected goods. “The loss of connection brought a lot of self-reflection,” he says, “this EP explores the different aspects of love in my life – parental, romantic, and sexual. It was made through the pandemic, amid all the difficulties brought on by that.” Click through the editorial in the gallery above to see more. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREThe 25 most stylish celebrity couples of all timeMeet FOUND: The brand Bad Bunny almost wore to the Super BowlEscentric MoleculesMolecule 01 + Champaca is Escentric Molecules’ latest sultry scentSports Banger hooks up with adidas for Valentine’s Day BurberryTwiggy, Maya Wigram and more front Burberry’s SS26 campaignJane Wade’s AW26 show was a reminder to touch grassA rare Maison Martin Margiela archive is going on sale in New YorkVampires took over the runway at Collina Strada AW26Proenza Schouler AW26: Backstage images from Rachel Scott’s debutUGG’s new clogs and mules are Olympian-approvedWuthering Heights’ costume design doesn’t owe you historical accuracy New York, London, Milan and Paris: What to expect from the AW26 seasonEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy