For many, reading Kiko Kostadinov’s shownotes is like opening a faucet to a new font of knowledge. Each season, inspiration ranges from hyper-niche designers to 60s Italian cinema, little-known sci-fi novels to Bulgarian futurist artists. Kostadinov has always been on the hunt for obscure meaning, and it’s this philosophical bent that makes his clothes so dynamic. But for his AW24 collection, the London-based designer decided to explore a reference many more of us may have heard of: Kiko Kostadinov.
Photography Cris Fragkou